What is the average commute in Grover Beach city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 6313932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grover Beach, California

Name: Commute estimates for Grover Beach city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 14.7% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 1.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home14.7%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone73.4%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.8%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 Grover Beach city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.3 min → 20.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 14.7%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.6%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 73.4%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grover Beach city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 0.6% used public transit and 14.7% worked from home.

Drive alone73.4% ±5.9 pp

Carpool8.3% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.8% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home14.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 6,246 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grover Beach city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grover Beach city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,246 workers age 16+, including 5,327 workers with reported travel time and 919 home workers.

Population estimate12,604± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+6,246± 486 MOE

Workers with travel time5,327± 527 MOE

Estimated home workers919± 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

Comparable California commute records for Grover Beach 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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