What is the average commute in Los Altos Hills town, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Los Altos Hills town, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 44.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6432942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Los Altos Hills, California

Name: Commute estimates for Los Altos Hills town, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.2 min one way; 44.3% worked from home, 48.4% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±9.0 min MOE

Worked from home44.3%±7.5 pp MOE

Drove alone48.4%±7.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.1%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 Hills town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 29.2 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home31.6% → 44.3%▲ 12.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.3%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.6% → 48.4%▼ 13.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Los Altos Hills town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 48.4%; 1.3% used public transit and 44.3% worked from home.

Drive alone48.4% ±7.4 pp

Carpool1.6% ±1.3 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.8 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±1.2 pp

Work from home44.3% ±7.5 pp

Each share uses 3,542 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Los Altos Hills town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Los Altos Hills town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,542 workers age 16+, including 1,973 workers with reported travel time and 1,569 home workers.

Population estimate8,377± 75 MOE

Workers age 16+3,542± 334 MOE

Workers with travel time1,973± 325 MOE

Estimated home workers1,569± 305 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

Comparable California commute records for Los Altos Hills town

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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