ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6396122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Los Angeles, California

Mean one-way trip43.3 min±9.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±14.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.3%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 commute44.8 min → 43.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 10.5%▼ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.9%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 72.4%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±14.7 pp
Carpool14.7% ±6.7 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.5% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 3,994 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,051± 1,427 MOE
Workers age 16+3,994± 579 MOE
Workers with travel time3,576± 535 MOE
Estimated home workers418± 207 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.