Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6670002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Francisco, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 31.0% worked from home, 28.6% drove alone, and 11.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.4 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home31.0%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone28.6%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.3%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 Francisco city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.0 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 Francisco city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 28.6%; 18.7% used public transit and 31.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 466,388 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Francisco city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Francisco city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 466,388 workers age 16+, including 321,804 workers with reported travel time and 144,584 home workers.
Population estimate830,235± — MOE
Workers age 16+466,388± 3,189 MOE
Workers with travel time321,804± 3,688 MOE
Estimated home workers144,584± 3,117 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 Francisco city
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.