What is the average commute in Arroyo Grande city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 6028682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Arroyo Grande, California

Name: Commute estimates for Arroyo Grande city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 69.9% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home13.7%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone69.9%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.0%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 Arroyo Grande city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 23.8 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 13.7%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 69.9%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Arroyo Grande city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.9% ±5.5 pp

Carpool11.2% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle2.6% ±2.7 pp

Work from home13.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 8,198 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Arroyo Grande city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Arroyo Grande city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,198 workers age 16+, including 7,076 workers with reported travel time and 1,122 home workers.

Population estimate18,372± 35 MOE

Workers age 16+8,198± 464 MOE

Workers with travel time7,076± 530 MOE

Estimated home workers1,122± 309 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 Arroyo Grande 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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