Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6560002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pasadena, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 27.6% worked from home, 55.5% drove alone, and 10.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home27.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone55.5%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 Pasadena city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.1 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 Pasadena city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.5%; 3.8% used public transit and 27.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 72,450 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pasadena city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pasadena city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 72,450 workers age 16+, including 52,443 workers with reported travel time and 20,007 home workers.
Population estimate136,969± 105 MOE
Workers age 16+72,450± 1,307 MOE
Workers with travel time52,443± 1,439 MOE
Estimated home workers20,007± 1,159 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 Pasadena city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.