Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6087862024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Buena Park, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 73.1% drove alone, and 12.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.8 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 Buena Park city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 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 Buena Park city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.1%; 1.5% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 40,905 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Buena Park city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Buena Park city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 40,905 workers age 16+, including 36,451 workers with reported travel time and 4,454 home workers.
Population estimate82,871± 110 MOE
Workers age 16+40,905± 1,355 MOE
Workers with travel time36,451± 1,310 MOE
Estimated home workers4,454± 733 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 Buena Park city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.