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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.8 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 20.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Home Gardens CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.7 percentage points.

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 Home Gardens CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

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

How Home Gardens CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 Home Gardens CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,904 workers age 16+, including 4,620 workers with reported travel time and 284 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Home Gardens 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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