ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6360562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington Park, California

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 commute31.8 min → 32.4 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 5.8%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit7.5% → 7.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.7% → 66.6%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.6% ±3.5 pp
Carpool13.2% ±2.2 pp
Public transit7.2% ±1.3 pp
Walk2.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 23,703 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate53,108± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+23,703± 772 MOE
Workers with travel time22,318± 921 MOE
Estimated home workers1,385± 389 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.