ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6335492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hidden Valley Lake, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.9 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 40.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.9 min±14.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip40.8%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 Hidden Valley Lake CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute38.9 min → 41.9 min▲ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.6%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 71.7%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hidden Valley Lake CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.7% ±6.8 pp
Carpool7.9% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home15.6% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 2,072 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hidden Valley Lake CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hidden Valley Lake CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,072 workers age 16+, including 1,749 workers with reported travel time and 323 home workers.

Population estimate5,872± 774 MOE
Workers age 16+2,072± 374 MOE
Workers with travel time1,749± 336 MOE
Estimated home workers323± 137 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 Hidden Valley Lake CDP

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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