ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6732902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South San Jose Hills, California

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home2.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 commute28.6 min → 29.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 2.4%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 1.8%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 78.0%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±0.6 pp
Carpool14.1% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.8% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home2.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 8,110 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,911± 1,392 MOE
Workers age 16+8,110± 807 MOE
Workers with travel time7,914± 789 MOE
Estimated home workers196± 85 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.