ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6306582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand Terrace, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Grand Terrace city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 25.6 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.8%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.0%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 74.9%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grand Terrace city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±5.3 pp
Carpool10.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.8% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 5,866 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grand Terrace city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grand Terrace city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,866 workers age 16+, including 5,230 workers with reported travel time and 636 home workers.

Population estimate13,078± 57 MOE
Workers age 16+5,866± 460 MOE
Workers with travel time5,230± 455 MOE
Estimated home workers636± 198 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 Grand Terrace 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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