What is the average commute in Mission Viejo city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mission Viejo city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 6482562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mission Viejo, California

Name: Commute estimates for Mission Viejo city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 23.1% worked from home, 66.9% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home23.1%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone66.9%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.5%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 Mission Viejo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 26.6 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.1% → 23.1%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 66.9%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mission Viejo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 23.1% worked from home.

Drive alone66.9% ±2.5 pp

Carpool6.5% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home23.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 43,800 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mission Viejo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mission Viejo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 43,800 workers age 16+, including 33,669 workers with reported travel time and 10,131 home workers.

Population estimate92,151± 77 MOE

Workers age 16+43,800± 1,280 MOE

Workers with travel time33,669± 1,511 MOE

Estimated home workers10,131± 877 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 Mission Viejo 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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