ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6468842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mentone, California

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 commute27.5 min → 26.9 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 10.0%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 81.8%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.8% ±6.2 pp
Carpool6.8% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,624 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.

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate9,514± 1,181 MOE
Workers age 16+4,624± 532 MOE
Workers with travel time4,163± 512 MOE
Estimated home workers461± 186 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.