ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6452462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Malibu, California

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home40.1%±9.0 pp MOE
Drove alone51.0%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.8%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 commute32.5 min → 32.1 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home29.6% → 40.1%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.0%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.8% → 51.0%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone51.0% ±4.1 pp
Carpool4.3% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home40.1% ±9.0 pp

Each share uses 4,264 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,421± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+4,264± 514 MOE
Workers with travel time2,556± 334 MOE
Estimated home workers1,708± 435 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.