What is the average commute in Alhambra city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Alhambra city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 6008842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Alhambra, California

Name: Commute estimates for Alhambra city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.3 min one way; 14.4% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home14.4%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone69.4%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.2%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 Alhambra city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.2 min → 30.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 14.4%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 2.1%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 69.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Alhambra city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 2.1% used public transit and 14.4% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±2.1 pp

Carpool9.6% ±1.4 pp

Public transit2.1% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.3% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home14.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 40,602 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Alhambra city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Alhambra city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,602 workers age 16+, including 34,737 workers with reported travel time and 5,865 home workers.

Population estimate81,022± 126 MOE

Workers age 16+40,602± 912 MOE

Workers with travel time34,737± 972 MOE

Estimated home workers5,865± 622 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 Alhambra 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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