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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.