Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6683642024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Rafael, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 26.3% worked from home, 48.3% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.3 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home26.3%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone48.3%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 Rafael city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 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 Rafael city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 48.3%; 5.6% used public transit and 26.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 29,866 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Rafael city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 49th 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 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% 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 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Rafael city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 29,866 workers age 16+, including 22,022 workers with reported travel time and 7,844 home workers.
Population estimate60,433± 83 MOE
Workers age 16+29,866± 1,173 MOE
Workers with travel time22,022± 1,039 MOE
Estimated home workers7,844± 601 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 Rafael city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.