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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.