What is the average commute in Stockton city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Stockton city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6750002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stockton, California

Name: Commute estimates for Stockton city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.7 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 16.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.7 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home8.0%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±1.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.5%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 Stockton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.3 min → 31.7 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 8.0%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 75.6%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stockton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 1.0% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±1.1 pp

Carpool13.3% ±1.1 pp

Public transit1.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.0% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 133,960 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stockton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

12^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

94^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stockton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 133,960 workers age 16+, including 123,215 workers with reported travel time and 10,745 home workers.

Population estimate322,326± 89 MOE

Workers age 16+133,960± 2,208 MOE

Workers with travel time123,215± 2,303 MOE

Estimated home workers10,745± 918 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Stockton city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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