ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6859922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winter Gardens, California

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.5%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute28.1 min → 25.9 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 13.5%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 74.8%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±2.9 pp
Carpool6.9% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.5% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 10,646 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

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

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,131± 1,892 MOE
Workers age 16+10,646± 999 MOE
Workers with travel time9,205± 806 MOE
Estimated home workers1,441± 598 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.