Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6205742024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Eastern Goleta Valley, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.3 min one way; 24.9% worked from home, 62.0% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home24.9%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.0%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Eastern Goleta Valley CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.0%; 1.3% used public transit and 24.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,189 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Eastern Goleta Valley CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Eastern Goleta Valley CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,189 workers age 16+, including 9,153 workers with reported travel time and 3,036 home workers.
Population estimate28,295± 1,514 MOE
Workers age 16+12,189± 792 MOE
Workers with travel time9,153± 738 MOE
Estimated home workers3,036± 452 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Eastern Goleta Valley CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.