ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6739622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stanton, California

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 commute28.1 min → 29.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.9%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 2.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 73.4%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±3.6 pp
Carpool11.4% ±2.8 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.9% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 18,665 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 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,402± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+18,665± 863 MOE
Workers with travel time17,185± 879 MOE
Estimated home workers1,480± 321 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.