What is the average commute in Sausalito city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sausalito city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 45.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6703642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sausalito, California

Name: Commute estimates for Sausalito city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 45.5% worked from home, 40.4% drove alone, and 16.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±6.2 min MOE

Worked from home45.5%±6.5 pp MOE

Drove alone40.4%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.3%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 Sausalito city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute32.3 min → 30.0 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home31.8% → 45.5%▲ 13.7 pp

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

Public transit13.2% → 5.6%▼ 7.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.6% → 40.4%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sausalito city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 40.4%; 5.6% used public transit and 45.5% worked from home.

Drive alone40.4% ±5.0 pp

Carpool3.4% ±2.0 pp

Public transit5.6% ±2.0 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle2.2% ±1.4 pp

Work from home45.5% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 4,077 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sausalito city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

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

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sausalito city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,077 workers age 16+, including 2,224 workers with reported travel time and 1,853 home workers.

Population estimate7,141± 37 MOE

Workers age 16+4,077± 398 MOE

Workers with travel time2,224± 292 MOE

Estimated home workers1,853± 322 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

Comparable California commute records for Sausalito city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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