What is the average commute in Riverbank city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Riverbank city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6610682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverbank, California

Name: Commute estimates for Riverbank city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 11.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.3%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Riverbank city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute29.4 min → 30.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 8.3%▲ 2.1 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 77.2%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Riverbank city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±4.1 pp

Carpool11.5% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home8.3% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 10,360 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Riverbank city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Riverbank city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,360 workers age 16+, including 9,497 workers with reported travel time and 863 home workers.

Population estimate25,166± 91 MOE

Workers age 16+10,360± 489 MOE

Workers with travel time9,497± 477 MOE

Estimated home workers863± 242 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Riverbank city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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