What is the average commute in Malibu city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Malibu city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 40.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.0 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 6452462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Malibu, California

Name: Commute estimates for Malibu city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.1 min one way; 40.1% worked from home, 51.0% drove alone, and 13.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Malibu city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.5 percentage points.

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 Malibu city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 40.1% worked from home.

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

How Malibu city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

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

99^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

84^th60+ 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 Malibu city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,264 workers age 16+, including 2,556 workers with reported travel time and 1,708 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Malibu city

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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