ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6205982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Foothills, California

Mean one-way trip32.0 min±8.4 min MOE
Worked from home29.5%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone53.5%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 commute33.9 min → 32.0 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 29.5%▲ 15.0 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 0.7%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.4% → 53.5%▼ 17.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.5% ±7.7 pp
Carpool11.7% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home29.5% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 3,501 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,139± 1,022 MOE
Workers age 16+3,501± 513 MOE
Workers with travel time2,468± 400 MOE
Estimated home workers1,033± 243 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.