ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6527602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Hills, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 52.0 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 65.6% drove alone, and 44.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip52.0 min±17.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.3%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone65.6%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip44.9%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 Oak Hills CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute47.0 min → 52.0 min▲ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 13.3%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.1% → 65.6%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oak Hills CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone65.6% ±0.6 pp
Carpool20.1% ±15.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.3% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 4,245 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oak Hills CDP compares with similar-size places

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

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

100thMean commute percentile

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

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oak Hills CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,245 workers age 16+, including 3,682 workers with reported travel time and 563 home workers.

Population estimate9,013± 1,257 MOE
Workers age 16+4,245± 787 MOE
Workers with travel time3,682± 755 MOE
Estimated home workers563± 258 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 Oak Hills 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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