ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6870562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yucca Valley, California

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.9%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 commute26.9 min → 28.3 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 7.8%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 74.9%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.9% ±4.4 pp
Carpool12.6% ±5.0 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.8% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 9,217 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,770± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+9,217± 715 MOE
Workers with travel time8,499± 684 MOE
Estimated home workers718± 216 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.