ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6726882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Soquel, California

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home15.7%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 23.0 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.3% → 15.7%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.2%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 71.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.5% ±5.8 pp
Carpool8.7% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.9 pp
Work from home15.7% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,481 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.

38thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,679± 1,263 MOE
Workers age 16+4,481± 559 MOE
Workers with travel time3,776± 549 MOE
Estimated home workers705± 195 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.