ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6009472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aliso Viejo, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 26.0% worked from home, 63.4% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home26.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone63.4%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 Aliso Viejo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.2 min → 25.1 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.1% → 26.0%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 63.4%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aliso Viejo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 26.0% worked from home.

Drive alone63.4% ±2.8 pp
Carpool7.8% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home26.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 28,362 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aliso Viejo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28thTransit percentile

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

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aliso Viejo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 28,362 workers age 16+, including 20,992 workers with reported travel time and 7,370 home workers.

Population estimate51,113± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+28,362± 768 MOE
Workers with travel time20,992± 988 MOE
Estimated home workers7,370± 752 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 Aliso Viejo 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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