What is the average commute in Mammoth Lakes town, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mammoth Lakes town, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 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 6453582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mammoth Lakes, California

Name: Commute estimates for Mammoth Lakes town, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.8 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 65.3% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.8 min±6.3 min MOE

Worked from home14.1%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone65.3%±8.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Mammoth Lakes town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute10.7 min → 14.8 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 14.1%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit18.0% → 0.5%▼ 17.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.4% → 65.3%▲ 13.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mammoth Lakes town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.

Drive alone65.3% ±8.3 pp

Carpool7.1% ±4.6 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp

Walk4.3% ±3.6 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp

Work from home14.1% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 4,700 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mammoth Lakes town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mammoth Lakes town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,700 workers age 16+, including 4,039 workers with reported travel time and 661 home workers.

Population estimate7,214± 14 MOE

Workers age 16+4,700± 417 MOE

Workers with travel time4,039± 414 MOE

Estimated home workers661± 331 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 Mammoth Lakes 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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