What is the average commute in Ontario city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 6538962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ontario, California

Name: Commute estimates for Ontario city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 9.1% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home9.1%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone76.7%±1.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.6%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 Ontario city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.5 min → 31.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 9.1%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 76.7%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ontario city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 9.1% worked from home.

Drive alone76.7% ±1.1 pp

Carpool11.3% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.1% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 85,729 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ontario city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ontario city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 85,729 workers age 16+, including 77,889 workers with reported travel time and 7,840 home workers.

Population estimate180,547± 75 MOE

Workers age 16+85,729± 1,968 MOE

Workers with travel time77,889± 2,008 MOE

Estimated home workers7,840± 762 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 Ontario 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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