ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6401302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lancaster, California

Mean one-way trip30.8 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.3 min → 30.8 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 9.8%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 72.1%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±1.7 pp
Carpool13.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.8% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 65,694 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate169,169± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+65,694± 1,839 MOE
Workers with travel time59,250± 1,879 MOE
Estimated home workers6,444± 743 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.