ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6404102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Riviera, California

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home24.5%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone60.1%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.6 min → 25.8 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.3% → 24.5%▲ 12.2 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 0.9%▼ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 60.1%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.1% ±5.5 pp
Carpool11.1% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.1 pp
Work from home24.5% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 5,939 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,492± 1,378 MOE
Workers age 16+5,939± 629 MOE
Workers with travel time4,484± 538 MOE
Estimated home workers1,455± 358 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.