ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6641402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Helena, California

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute18.6 min → 21.1 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 19.5%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 1.9%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 67.8%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.8% ±7.0 pp
Carpool2.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.9% ±1.4 pp
Walk6.3% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.1 pp
Work from home19.5% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 2,443 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,318± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+2,443± 215 MOE
Workers with travel time1,966± 226 MOE
Estimated home workers477± 153 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.