What is the average commute in Lake Elsinore city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 42.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 6394862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Elsinore, California

Name: Commute estimates for Lake Elsinore city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 42.9 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 32.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip42.9 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip32.0%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 Lake Elsinore city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute42.5 min → 42.9 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 13.5%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 69.8%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lake Elsinore city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±2.5 pp

Carpool13.4% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home13.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 33,231 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lake Elsinore city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

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

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lake Elsinore city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 33,231 workers age 16+, including 28,759 workers with reported travel time and 4,472 home workers.

Population estimate72,461± 68 MOE

Workers age 16+33,231± 1,212 MOE

Workers with travel time28,759± 1,365 MOE

Estimated home workers4,472± 853 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 Lake Elsinore 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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