ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6105542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Camp Pendleton Mainside, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.5 min one way; 1.2% worked from home, 28.5% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.5 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home1.2%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone28.5%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.7%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 Camp Pendleton Mainside CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.6 min → 11.5 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 1.2%▼ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone33.6% → 28.5%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Camp Pendleton Mainside CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 28.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 1.2% worked from home.

Drive alone28.5% ±8.0 pp
Carpool22.9% ±5.4 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.8 pp
Walk46.2% ±6.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home1.2% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 6,595 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Camp Pendleton Mainside CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Camp Pendleton Mainside CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,595 workers age 16+, including 6,516 workers with reported travel time and 79 home workers.

Population estimate9,501± 1,660 MOE
Workers age 16+6,595± 930 MOE
Workers with travel time6,516± 932 MOE
Estimated home workers79± 60 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 Camp Pendleton Mainside 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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