ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6620002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverside, California

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.7 min → 31.3 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 10.6%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 73.1%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±1.0 pp
Carpool10.6% ±0.8 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.6% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 150,062 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate319,069± 87 MOE
Workers age 16+150,062± 2,252 MOE
Workers with travel time134,203± 2,391 MOE
Estimated home workers15,859± 1,066 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.