ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6390452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Crescenta-Montrose, California

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home23.1%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.2%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute32.6 min → 29.2 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 23.1%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 67.2%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.2% ±5.5 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home23.1% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 9,739 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,660± 1,408 MOE
Workers age 16+9,739± 740 MOE
Workers with travel time7,490± 737 MOE
Estimated home workers2,249± 350 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.