What is the average commute in Woodside town, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Woodside town, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 30.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6864402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodside, California

Name: Commute estimates for Woodside town, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 30.5% worked from home, 57.8% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±5.9 min MOE

Worked from home30.5%±7.6 pp MOE

Drove alone57.8%±8.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Woodside town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 28.8 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.1% → 30.5%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 2.1%▲ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 57.8%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodside town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.8%; 2.1% used public transit and 30.5% worked from home.

Drive alone57.8% ±8.3 pp

Carpool6.1% ±4.0 pp

Public transit2.1% ±1.9 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±1.1 pp

Work from home30.5% ±7.6 pp

Each share uses 2,351 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodside town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodside town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,351 workers age 16+, including 1,634 workers with reported travel time and 717 home workers.

Population estimate5,126± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+2,351± 174 MOE

Workers with travel time1,634± 206 MOE

Estimated home workers717± 187 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 Woodside town

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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