ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6671122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Jacinto, California

Mean one-way trip40.5 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.5%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 commute42.9 min → 40.5 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 10.0%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 75.2%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±3.9 pp
Carpool11.5% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 22,422 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate55,180± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+22,422± 964 MOE
Workers with travel time20,175± 1,133 MOE
Estimated home workers2,247± 559 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.