ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6199902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Duarte, California

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.1%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 commute30.8 min → 30.3 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.7%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 1.6%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 70.4%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±4.6 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 10,623 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,184± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+10,623± 606 MOE
Workers with travel time8,853± 679 MOE
Estimated home workers1,770± 388 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.