ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6334342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hesperia, California

Mean one-way trip42.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip29.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute43.5 min → 42.9 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 9.2%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 78.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±2.3 pp
Carpool10.0% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.2% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 37,530 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

14thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate100,775± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+37,530± 1,423 MOE
Workers with travel time34,069± 1,394 MOE
Estimated home workers3,461± 501 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.