ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6183522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Del Aire, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 19.4% worked from home, 60.7% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home19.4%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone60.7%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Del Aire CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 24.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 19.4%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 60.7%▼ 13.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Del Aire CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.7%; 1.4% used public transit and 19.4% worked from home.

Drive alone60.7% ±6.0 pp
Carpool13.5% ±5.2 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.3 pp
Work from home19.4% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 5,521 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Del Aire CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Del Aire CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,521 workers age 16+, including 4,452 workers with reported travel time and 1,069 home workers.

Population estimate11,115± 1,159 MOE
Workers age 16+5,521± 662 MOE
Workers with travel time4,452± 658 MOE
Estimated home workers1,069± 310 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 Del Aire 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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