ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6628542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rosedale, California

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone85.1%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute27.4 min → 28.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 9.2%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 85.1%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.1% ±5.6 pp
Carpool5.0% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.2% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 8,694 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,877± 1,640 MOE
Workers age 16+8,694± 968 MOE
Workers with travel time7,896± 963 MOE
Estimated home workers798± 230 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.