Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6468702024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Menlo Park, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 32.4% worked from home, 48.4% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.9 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home32.4%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone48.4%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Menlo Park city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Menlo Park city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 48.4%; 2.0% used public transit and 32.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,340 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Menlo Park city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Menlo Park city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,340 workers age 16+, including 11,045 workers with reported travel time and 5,295 home workers.
Population estimate32,727± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+16,340± 602 MOE
Workers with travel time11,045± 754 MOE
Estimated home workers5,295± 562 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Menlo Park city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.