What is the average commute in Sacramento city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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 6640002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sacramento, California

Name: Commute estimates for Sacramento city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 64.0% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home19.7%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone64.0%±0.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.4%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 Sacramento city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 25.3 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 19.7%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 1.8%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.9% → 64.0%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sacramento city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.0%; 1.8% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone64.0% ±0.9 pp

Carpool9.0% ±0.6 pp

Public transit1.8% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle1.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home19.7% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 252,246 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sacramento city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

32^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sacramento city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 252,246 workers age 16+, including 202,515 workers with reported travel time and 49,731 home workers.

Population estimate528,706± 125 MOE

Workers age 16+252,246± 2,653 MOE

Workers with travel time202,515± 2,934 MOE

Estimated home workers49,731± 1,717 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 Sacramento city

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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