What is the average commute in Salinas city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 6642242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Salinas, California

Name: Commute estimates for Salinas city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 4.3% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home4.3%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone74.2%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.8%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 Salinas city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.9 min → 26.6 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 4.3%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.0% → 74.2%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Salinas city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 4.3% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±1.4 pp

Carpool10.9% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home4.3% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 67,964 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Salinas city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

32^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Salinas city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 67,964 workers age 16+, including 65,016 workers with reported travel time and 2,948 home workers.

Population estimate161,761± 59 MOE

Workers age 16+67,964± 1,501 MOE

Workers with travel time65,016± 1,594 MOE

Estimated home workers2,948± 500 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 Salinas 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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