ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6302822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Golden Hills, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

88thMean commute percentile

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

45thWork-from-home percentile

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

39thTransit percentile

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

97th60+ 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 the shares

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.