Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60792024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Luis Obispo County, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 70.5% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.5%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Luis Obispo County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 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 Luis Obispo County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 126,611 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Luis Obispo County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 100k–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 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Luis Obispo County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 126,611 workers age 16+, including 107,355 workers with reported travel time and 19,256 home workers.
Population estimate281,555± — MOE
Workers age 16+126,611± 1,778 MOE
Workers with travel time107,355± 2,014 MOE
Estimated home workers19,256± 1,112 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 Luis Obispo County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.