ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6863282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodland, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 12.8% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Woodland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute23.6 min → 24.5 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 12.8%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 71.0%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 1.9% used public transit and 12.8% worked from home.

Drive alone71.0% ±3.4 pp
Carpool10.6% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.9% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home12.8% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 29,167 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 29,167 workers age 16+, including 25,429 workers with reported travel time and 3,738 home workers.

Population estimate61,854± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+29,167± 975 MOE
Workers with travel time25,429± 1,130 MOE
Estimated home workers3,738± 734 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

Comparable California commute records for Woodland city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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