ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6432242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Los Alamitos, California

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 commute30.8 min → 31.3 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 15.0%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.4%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 74.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±6.9 pp
Carpool5.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.9 pp
Work from home15.0% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,797 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.

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,794± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+5,797± 447 MOE
Workers with travel time4,925± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers872± 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.