What is the average commute in Murrieta city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 6500762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Murrieta, California

Name: Commute estimates for Murrieta city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.4 min one way; 16.8% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 27.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.4 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home16.8%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.2%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip27.5%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 Murrieta city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.9 min → 37.4 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 16.8%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 72.2%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Murrieta city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 16.8% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±2.7 pp

Carpool8.6% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home16.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 50,151 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Murrieta city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

12^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Murrieta city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 50,151 workers age 16+, including 41,714 workers with reported travel time and 8,437 home workers.

Population estimate112,064± 62 MOE

Workers age 16+50,151± 1,514 MOE

Workers with travel time41,714± 1,637 MOE

Estimated home workers8,437± 829 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 Murrieta 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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