What is the average commute in Golden Hills CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Golden Hills CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 6302822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Golden Hills, California

Name: Commute estimates for Golden Hills CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 25.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±14.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.5%±29.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip25.0%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 Golden Hills CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 33.1 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 10.7%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 78.5%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Golden Hills CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±29.5 pp

Carpool10.7% ±7.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home10.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,285 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Golden Hills CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Golden Hills CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,285 workers age 16+, including 3,826 workers with reported travel time and 459 home workers.

Population estimate9,891± 1,471 MOE

Workers age 16+4,285± 1,138 MOE

Workers with travel time3,826± 1,102 MOE

Estimated home workers459± 176 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 Golden Hills CDP

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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