ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6360002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington Beach, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

73thMean commute percentile

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

83thWork-from-home percentile

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

29thTransit percentile

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

77th60+ 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 the shares

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.