ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6642942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Salton City, California

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±11.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone83.4%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.0%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 commute31.9 min → 32.7 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 4.1%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 83.4%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.4% ±8.4 pp
Carpool8.9% ±6.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk3.6% ±4.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home4.1% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 1,847 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% 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.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,988± 841 MOE
Workers age 16+1,847± 423 MOE
Workers with travel time1,771± 413 MOE
Estimated home workers76± 59 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.