What is the average commute in Goleta city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 6303782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Goleta, California

Name: Commute estimates for Goleta city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.8 min one way; 18.4% worked from home, 61.4% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.8 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home18.4%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone61.4%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.2%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 Goleta city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 17.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 18.4%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 2.8%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 61.4%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Goleta city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.4%; 2.8% used public transit and 18.4% worked from home.

Drive alone61.4% ±3.0 pp

Carpool11.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit2.8% ±1.3 pp

Walk2.5% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle2.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home18.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 17,909 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Goleta city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Goleta city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,909 workers age 16+, including 14,612 workers with reported travel time and 3,297 home workers.

Population estimate32,685± 44 MOE

Workers age 16+17,909± 724 MOE

Workers with travel time14,612± 758 MOE

Estimated home workers3,297± 435 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 Goleta 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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