ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6731082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Lake Tahoe, California

Mean one-way trip16.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.4%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone60.0%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute15.4 min → 16.5 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.4%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 2.3%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.5% → 60.0%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.0% ±3.8 pp
Carpool10.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit2.3% ±1.2 pp
Walk6.5% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle3.5% ±1.3 pp
Work from home15.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 12,227 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,269± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+12,227± 551 MOE
Workers with travel time10,338± 577 MOE
Estimated home workers1,889± 378 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.