ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6224572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County), California

Mean one-way trip36.6 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.7%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 commute42.9 min → 36.6 min▼ 6.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 18.8%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 0.4%▼ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 74.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.6% ±6.1 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home18.8% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 6,633 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.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% 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 estimate13,129± 1,209 MOE
Workers age 16+6,633± 726 MOE
Workers with travel time5,384± 675 MOE
Estimated home workers1,249± 381 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.