Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6432802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Los Altos, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 39.4% worked from home, 50.7% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home39.4%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone50.7%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 Los Altos city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Los Altos city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.7%; 0.7% used public transit and 39.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,218 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Los Altos city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Los Altos city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,218 workers age 16+, including 8,014 workers with reported travel time and 5,204 home workers.
Population estimate30,698± 67 MOE
Workers age 16+13,218± 434 MOE
Workers with travel time8,014± 494 MOE
Estimated home workers5,204± 483 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Los Altos city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.