What is the average commute in Imperial city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 6362802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Imperial, California

Name: Commute estimates for Imperial city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.6 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home7.5%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone79.1%±6.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.6%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 Imperial city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 18.6 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.5%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.7% → 79.1%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Imperial city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.1% ±6.2 pp

Carpool11.1% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.3% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.5% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 8,065 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Imperial city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Imperial city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,065 workers age 16+, including 7,462 workers with reported travel time and 603 home workers.

Population estimate21,430± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+8,065± 939 MOE

Workers with travel time7,462± 924 MOE

Estimated home workers603± 306 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 Imperial 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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