ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6336892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillcrest, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Hillcrest CDP'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 -1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 22.0 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 5.5%▼ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.6%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 71.9%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hillcrest CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 1.6% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±4.9 pp
Carpool20.1% ±4.8 pp
Public transit1.6% ±2.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.5% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 3,695 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hillcrest CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hillcrest CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,695 workers age 16+, including 3,491 workers with reported travel time and 204 home workers.

Population estimate10,511± 1,151 MOE
Workers age 16+3,695± 625 MOE
Workers with travel time3,491± 515 MOE
Estimated home workers204± 169 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 Hillcrest 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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