ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6343022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Home Gardens, California

Mean one-way trip36.8 min±8.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.3%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 commute33.3 min → 36.8 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 5.8%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 75.3%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±5.8 pp
Carpool13.2% ±4.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.1% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.8% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,904 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

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

67thTransit percentile

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

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,506± 1,122 MOE
Workers age 16+4,904± 637 MOE
Workers with travel time4,620± 634 MOE
Estimated home workers284± 120 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.