Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6683782024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Ramon, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 33.9% worked from home, 54.7% drove alone, and 23.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.7 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home33.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone54.7%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.7%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 Ramon city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.8 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 Ramon city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.7%; 3.4% used public transit and 33.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 42,495 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Ramon city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 94th 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 94% 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 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Ramon city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 42,495 workers age 16+, including 28,101 workers with reported travel time and 14,394 home workers.
Population estimate85,993± 114 MOE
Workers age 16+42,495± 1,075 MOE
Workers with travel time28,101± 1,194 MOE
Estimated home workers14,394± 871 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 Ramon city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.