Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60732024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Diego County, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 18.7% worked from home, 65.9% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.5 min±0.3 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±0.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.9%±0.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 San Diego County'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 +6.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How San Diego County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.9%; 1.9% used public transit and 18.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,635,987 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Diego County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Diego County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,635,987 workers age 16+, including 1,329,787 workers with reported travel time and 306,200 home workers.
Population estimate3,288,774± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,635,987± 6,639 MOE
Workers with travel time1,329,787± 8,302 MOE
Estimated home workers306,200± 4,515 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for San Diego County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.