Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6179462024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dana Point, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 31.7% worked from home, 57.2% drove alone, and 11.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.0 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home31.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone57.2%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.9%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 Dana Point city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 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 Dana Point city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.2%; 0.8% used public transit and 31.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 17,511 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dana Point city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 78th 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 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dana Point city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 17,511 workers age 16+, including 11,956 workers with reported travel time and 5,555 home workers.
Population estimate32,790± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+17,511± 809 MOE
Workers with travel time11,956± 762 MOE
Estimated home workers5,555± 654 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 Dana Point city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.