Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6300002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Glendale, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 21.2% worked from home, 65.4% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.1 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.4%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 Glendale city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 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 Glendale city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.4%; 2.3% used public transit and 21.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 89,803 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Glendale city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Glendale city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 89,803 workers age 16+, including 70,739 workers with reported travel time and 19,064 home workers.
Population estimate190,748± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+89,803± 1,854 MOE
Workers with travel time70,739± 1,915 MOE
Estimated home workers19,064± 1,274 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 Glendale city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.