What is the average commute in Aptos CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Aptos CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 6023782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aptos, California

Name: Commute estimates for Aptos CDP, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 68.8% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±7.0 min MOE

Worked from home18.5%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone68.8%±8.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.8%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 Aptos CDP'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 +1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 25.4 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.8% → 18.5%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.0%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 68.8%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aptos CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.8%; 1.0% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.8% ±8.9 pp

Carpool5.4% ±4.3 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.1 pp

Walk5.2% ±3.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home18.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 2,906 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aptos CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aptos CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,906 workers age 16+, including 2,368 workers with reported travel time and 538 home workers.

Population estimate6,404± 829 MOE

Workers age 16+2,906± 433 MOE

Workers with travel time2,368± 402 MOE

Estimated home workers538± 93 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 Aptos CDP

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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