Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6217822024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
El Centro, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.0 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 El Centro city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 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 El Centro city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,119 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How El Centro city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 28th 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 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind El Centro city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,119 workers age 16+, including 15,174 workers with reported travel time and 945 home workers.
Population estimate44,240± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+16,119± 886 MOE
Workers with travel time15,174± 871 MOE
Estimated home workers945± 338 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 El Centro city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.