What is the average commute in Morro Bay city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Morro Bay city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.6 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 6493622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morro Bay, California

Name: Commute estimates for Morro Bay city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 21.7% worked from home, 68.8% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home21.7%±6.6 pp MOE

Drove alone68.8%±9.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.2%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 Morro Bay city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 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.

Mean commute21.8 min → 19.7 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 21.7%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 68.8%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morro Bay city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 21.7% worked from home.

Drive alone68.8% ±9.9 pp

Carpool6.9% ±3.5 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.9 pp

Work from home21.7% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 4,584 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morro Bay city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morro Bay city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,584 workers age 16+, including 3,589 workers with reported travel time and 995 home workers.

Population estimate10,692± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+4,584± 432 MOE

Workers with travel time3,589± 524 MOE

Estimated home workers995± 315 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 Morro Bay 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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