Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6551842024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Palm Desert, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 14.9% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.0 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.9%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±3.1 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 Palm Desert city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 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 Palm Desert city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 0.7% used public transit and 14.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,568 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Palm Desert city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 22th 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 lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 55% 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 Palm Desert city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,568 workers age 16+, including 17,507 workers with reported travel time and 3,061 home workers.
Population estimate51,990± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+20,568± 1,145 MOE
Workers with travel time17,507± 1,300 MOE
Estimated home workers3,061± 604 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 Palm Desert city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.