ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49676602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santa Clara, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.5%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Santa Clara city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 18.5 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.2% → 10.3%▼ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 81.5%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Santa Clara city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.7% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.3% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,818 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Santa Clara city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Santa Clara city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,818 workers age 16+, including 3,425 workers with reported travel time and 393 home workers.

Population estimate8,152± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+3,818± 428 MOE
Workers with travel time3,425± 396 MOE
Estimated home workers393± 158 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 Utah commute records for Santa Clara 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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