ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6411802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lennox, California

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home4.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±5.3 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 commute27.1 min → 29.1 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 4.8%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit4.8% → 5.8%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.4% → 66.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.5% ±5.3 pp
Carpool14.4% ±3.6 pp
Public transit5.8% ±1.7 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±1.1 pp
Work from home4.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 9,430 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

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

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,449± 1,493 MOE
Workers age 16+9,430± 713 MOE
Workers with travel time8,979± 733 MOE
Estimated home workers451± 154 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.