Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6650702024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Carlos, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 35.0% worked from home, 52.3% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.6 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home35.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone52.3%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 San Carlos city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How San Carlos city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.3%; 3.2% used public transit and 35.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 15,540 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Carlos city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Carlos city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 15,540 workers age 16+, including 10,105 workers with reported travel time and 5,435 home workers.
Population estimate29,614± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+15,540± 541 MOE
Workers with travel time10,105± 573 MOE
Estimated home workers5,435± 506 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for San Carlos city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.