What is the average commute in Orcutt CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Orcutt CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 6541202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orcutt, California

Name: Commute estimates for Orcutt CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone78.3%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.6%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 Orcutt CDP'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 +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.0 min → 22.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 8.7%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 78.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Orcutt CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 1.8% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.3% ±3.5 pp

Carpool8.3% ±1.9 pp

Public transit1.8% ±1.1 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±0.8 pp

Work from home8.7% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 14,377 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Orcutt CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

51^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Orcutt CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,377 workers age 16+, including 13,131 workers with reported travel time and 1,246 home workers.

Population estimate31,454± 1,864 MOE

Workers age 16+14,377± 894 MOE

Workers with travel time13,131± 882 MOE

Estimated home workers1,246± 246 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 Orcutt 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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