What is the average commute in Encinitas city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Encinitas city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 32.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6226782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Encinitas, California

Name: Commute estimates for Encinitas city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 32.7% worked from home, 57.8% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home32.7%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone57.8%±2.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.8%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 Encinitas city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.5 min → 24.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.2% → 32.7%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.8% → 57.8%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Encinitas city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.8%; 0.7% used public transit and 32.7% worked from home.

Drive alone57.8% ±2.6 pp

Carpool4.8% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.4 pp

Work from home32.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 31,480 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Encinitas city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Encinitas city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 31,480 workers age 16+, including 21,190 workers with reported travel time and 10,290 home workers.

Population estimate61,480± 51 MOE

Workers age 16+31,480± 912 MOE

Workers with travel time21,190± 911 MOE

Estimated home workers10,290± 767 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

Comparable California commute records for Encinitas city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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