ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6362942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Imperial Beach, California

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute28.0 min → 27.1 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 10.9%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 3.9%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 70.8%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±4.4 pp
Carpool9.3% ±2.4 pp
Public transit3.9% ±1.3 pp
Walk3.6% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 13,068 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate25,764± 67 MOE
Workers age 16+13,068± 808 MOE
Workers with travel time11,642± 811 MOE
Estimated home workers1,426± 336 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.