ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6331822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hemet, California

Mean one-way trip36.4 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.6%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 commute36.1 min → 36.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 11.5%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 74.3%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±3.7 pp
Carpool11.0% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 33,609 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate91,326± 62 MOE
Workers age 16+33,609± 1,151 MOE
Workers with travel time29,750± 1,323 MOE
Estimated home workers3,859± 546 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.