ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6523792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Tustin, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 22.8% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.8%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.7%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 North Tustin CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 22.8 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 22.8%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 69.7%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Tustin CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.5% used public transit and 22.8% worked from home.

Drive alone69.7% ±3.4 pp
Carpool5.4% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.8% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 12,414 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Tustin CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

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

34thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Tustin CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,414 workers age 16+, including 9,585 workers with reported travel time and 2,829 home workers.

Population estimate25,807± 1,638 MOE
Workers age 16+12,414± 922 MOE
Workers with travel time9,585± 827 MOE
Estimated home workers2,829± 495 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 North Tustin CDP

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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