What is the average commute in Oxnard city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 6546522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxnard, California

Name: Commute estimates for Oxnard city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 73.5% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±0.9 min MOE

Worked from home7.4%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.5%±1.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.7%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 Oxnard city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 25.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 73.5%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oxnard city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.5% ±1.5 pp

Carpool16.0% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home7.4% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 94,054 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oxnard city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

7^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

27^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

51^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oxnard city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 94,054 workers age 16+, including 87,141 workers with reported travel time and 6,913 home workers.

Population estimate200,928± 69 MOE

Workers age 16+94,054± 1,761 MOE

Workers with travel time87,141± 1,708 MOE

Estimated home workers6,913± 683 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 Oxnard 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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