ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6206972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Hemet, California

Mean one-way trip36.4 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.9 min → 36.4 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 8.5%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.7%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 76.0%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±8.2 pp
Carpool12.6% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 7,351 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,257± 1,811 MOE
Workers age 16+7,351± 972 MOE
Workers with travel time6,729± 1,003 MOE
Estimated home workers622± 187 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.