ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6778052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, California

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home48.8%±8.2 pp MOE
Drove alone38.1%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.6%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 commute32.3 min → 29.3 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home29.5% → 48.8%▲ 19.3 pp

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

Public transit7.7% → 2.0%▼ 5.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone50.4% → 38.1%▼ 12.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone38.1% ±5.4 pp
Carpool7.5% ±3.4 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home48.8% ±8.2 pp

Each share uses 5,540 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thWork-from-home percentile

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

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,085± 1,077 MOE
Workers age 16+5,540± 535 MOE
Workers with travel time2,834± 392 MOE
Estimated home workers2,706± 522 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.