ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6859222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Windsor, California

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 commute23.5 min → 22.7 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 11.9%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 77.5%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±2.6 pp
Carpool8.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 13,034 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.

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate26,081± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+13,034± 624 MOE
Workers with travel time11,477± 652 MOE
Estimated home workers1,557± 330 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.