ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6725202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Soledad, California

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home3.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 30.0 min▲ 5.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.6% → 3.8%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.7% → 77.5%▲ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±4.3 pp
Carpool12.5% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.8% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 8,064 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate26,365± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+8,064± 705 MOE
Workers with travel time7,754± 745 MOE
Estimated home workers310± 147 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.