ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6780922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tehachapi, California

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±5.0 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 commute24.4 min → 27.0 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 7.2%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 77.0%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.0% ±5.0 pp
Carpool10.1% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.2% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,360 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.

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% 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 estimate11,946± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+3,360± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time3,118± 337 MOE
Estimated home workers242± 119 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.