ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6862442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodcrest, California

Mean one-way trip39.6 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.4%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.4%±13.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.5%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 commute34.0 min → 39.6 min▲ 5.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.4%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.6%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 76.4%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.4% ±13.5 pp
Carpool5.6% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.4% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 7,717 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

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

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,368± 1,741 MOE
Workers age 16+7,717± 990 MOE
Workers with travel time6,448± 926 MOE
Estimated home workers1,269± 336 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.