ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6835422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wasco, California

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home2.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute22.3 min → 23.3 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 2.9%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 78.4%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.4% ±4.4 pp
Carpool16.0% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home2.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,991 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate26,558± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+8,991± 536 MOE
Workers with travel time8,728± 541 MOE
Estimated home workers263± 172 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.