ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6538962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ontario, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

89thMean commute percentile

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

20thWork-from-home percentile

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

39thTransit percentile

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

90th60+ 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 the shares

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.