ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6468422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Menifee, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.5 min one way; 14.2% worked from home, 76.0% drove alone, and 25.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.5 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.4%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 Menifee city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute43.1 min → 41.5 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 14.2%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 76.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Menifee city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 14.2% worked from home.

Drive alone76.0% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.5% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.2% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 46,497 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Menifee city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

5thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Menifee city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 46,497 workers age 16+, including 39,893 workers with reported travel time and 6,604 home workers.

Population estimate110,305± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+46,497± 1,386 MOE
Workers with travel time39,893± 1,344 MOE
Estimated home workers6,604± 812 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 Menifee 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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