ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6210962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East San Gabriel, California

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home18.4%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone66.4%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 commute32.2 min → 29.9 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 18.4%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 66.4%▼ 10.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.4% ±5.0 pp
Carpool10.2% ±2.8 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.0 pp
Work from home18.4% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 11,343 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,410± 1,651 MOE
Workers age 16+11,343± 969 MOE
Workers with travel time9,259± 901 MOE
Estimated home workers2,084± 361 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.