ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6786662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tiburon, California

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±9.1 min MOE
Worked from home42.7%±8.1 pp MOE
Drove alone42.3%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute27.4 min → 29.2 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home27.7% → 42.7%▲ 15.0 pp

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

Public transit14.3% → 4.1%▼ 10.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone44.7% → 42.3%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone42.3% ±8.4 pp
Carpool5.3% ±5.4 pp
Public transit4.1% ±2.6 pp
Walk3.7% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.4 pp
Work from home42.7% ±8.1 pp

Each share uses 3,778 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.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,012± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+3,778± 430 MOE
Workers with travel time2,165± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers1,613± 358 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.