ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6117962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Castaic, California

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.2%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 commute31.5 min → 31.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 16.2%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 73.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±3.3 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 8,812 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,999± 1,005 MOE
Workers age 16+8,812± 507 MOE
Workers with travel time7,381± 529 MOE
Estimated home workers1,431± 222 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.