ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6826672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

View Park-Windsor Hills, California

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home27.6%±7.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.3%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute32.0 min → 31.0 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.7% → 27.6%▲ 8.8 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 0.0%▼ 3.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 69.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.3% ±7.9 pp
Carpool1.6% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home27.6% ±7.4 pp

Each share uses 5,236 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% 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.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,230± 1,284 MOE
Workers age 16+5,236± 738 MOE
Workers with travel time3,792± 678 MOE
Estimated home workers1,444± 437 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.