ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6132142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chino Hills, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.1 min one way; 18.4% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 19.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.1 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home18.4%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.3%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.5%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 Chino Hills city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 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 commute38.2 min → 36.1 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 18.4%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 70.3%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chino Hills city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 18.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±2.4 pp
Carpool8.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.4% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 38,006 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chino Hills city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chino Hills city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 38,006 workers age 16+, including 31,014 workers with reported travel time and 6,992 home workers.

Population estimate77,927± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+38,006± 1,290 MOE
Workers with travel time31,014± 1,362 MOE
Estimated home workers6,992± 825 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 Chino Hills 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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