ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6828152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vincent, California

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 commute32.0 min → 30.5 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 13.8%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.9%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 71.8%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±3.0 pp
Carpool9.6% ±3.5 pp
Public transit1.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.8% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 7,598 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,340± 1,296 MOE
Workers age 16+7,598± 844 MOE
Workers with travel time6,551± 774 MOE
Estimated home workers1,047± 487 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.