Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6829542024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Visalia, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Visalia city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Visalia city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 62,775 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Visalia city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Visalia city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 62,775 workers age 16+, including 57,724 workers with reported travel time and 5,051 home workers.
Population estimate143,939± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+62,775± 1,618 MOE
Workers with travel time57,724± 1,704 MOE
Estimated home workers5,051± 703 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.
05 / SAME STATE
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Visalia city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.