ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6816382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Valinda, California

Mean one-way trip29.7 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 commute33.5 min → 29.7 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 7.3%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 77.9%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.9% ±2.7 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.7% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.3% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 10,316 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,962± 1,502 MOE
Workers age 16+10,316± 835 MOE
Workers with travel time9,560± 771 MOE
Estimated home workers756± 189 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.