Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6553802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Palos Verdes Estates, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.9 min one way; 26.1% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 14.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.9 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home26.1%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.9%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 Palos Verdes Estates city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 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 Palos Verdes Estates city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 26.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,018 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Palos Verdes Estates city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Palos Verdes Estates city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,018 workers age 16+, including 3,706 workers with reported travel time and 1,312 home workers.
Population estimate12,925± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+5,018± 372 MOE
Workers with travel time3,706± 364 MOE
Estimated home workers1,312± 268 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 Palos Verdes Estates city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.