Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6682942024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Pablo, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.3 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 63.5% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip32.3 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone63.5%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.2%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 Pablo 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 +3.2 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 Pablo city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.5%; 5.6% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,860 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Pablo city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 88th 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 higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Pablo city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,860 workers age 16+, including 12,632 workers with reported travel time and 1,228 home workers.
Population estimate31,720± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+13,860± 728 MOE
Workers with travel time12,632± 710 MOE
Estimated home workers1,228± 275 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 Pablo city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.