Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6548062024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pacifica, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 23.6% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.2 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home23.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone62.1%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Pacifica city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Pacifica city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 3.8% used public transit and 23.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 19,902 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pacifica city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pacifica city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 19,902 workers age 16+, including 15,208 workers with reported travel time and 4,694 home workers.
Population estimate37,261± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+19,902± 635 MOE
Workers with travel time15,208± 638 MOE
Estimated home workers4,694± 513 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Pacifica city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.