ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6392902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Habra, California

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.5%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 commute29.3 min → 30.5 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 13.8%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 70.4%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±2.1 pp
Carpool10.5% ±1.6 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 30,394 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate61,970± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+30,394± 1,003 MOE
Workers with travel time26,198± 1,052 MOE
Estimated home workers4,196± 474 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.