What is the average commute in Huntington Beach city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Huntington Beach city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6360002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington Beach, California

Name: Commute estimates for Huntington Beach city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.4 min one way; 21.8% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 10.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home21.8%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone68.1%±1.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.1%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 Huntington Beach city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.0 min → 28.4 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.2% → 21.8%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 68.1%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Huntington Beach city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 21.8% worked from home.

Drive alone68.1% ±1.3 pp

Carpool6.0% ±0.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.3 pp

Work from home21.8% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 100,652 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Huntington Beach city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

29^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Huntington Beach city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 100,652 workers age 16+, including 78,699 workers with reported travel time and 21,953 home workers.

Population estimate195,240± 107 MOE

Workers age 16+100,652± 1,781 MOE

Workers with travel time78,699± 1,916 MOE

Estimated home workers21,953± 1,444 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 Huntington Beach city

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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