ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6109282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Canyon Lake, California

Mean one-way trip48.2 min±12.2 min MOE
Worked from home29.0%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone59.7%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip37.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute45.6 min → 48.2 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.5% → 29.0%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 59.7%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.7% ±6.7 pp
Carpool9.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home29.0% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 4,501 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,119± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+4,501± 456 MOE
Workers with travel time3,194± 476 MOE
Estimated home workers1,307± 320 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.