Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6496702024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mountain View, California
Mean one-way trip23.3 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home30.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone51.8%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How residents usually get to work
Each share uses 48,164 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind the shares
Population estimate83,732± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+48,164± 1,176 MOE
Workers with travel time33,417± 1,279 MOE
Estimated home workers14,747± 1,161 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
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