What is the average commute in Piñon Hills CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 49.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Piñon Hills CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.1 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 6573022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Piñon Hills, California

Name: Commute estimates for Piñon Hills CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 49.2 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 76.1% drove alone, and 38.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip49.2 min±17.2 min MOE

Worked from home17.4%±7.1 pp MOE

Drove alone76.1%±9.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip38.0%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 Piñon Hills CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute46.7 min → 49.2 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 17.4%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 76.1%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Piñon Hills CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.

Drive alone76.1% ±9.3 pp

Carpool6.3% ±4.7 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp

Work from home17.4% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 2,162 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Piñon Hills CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Piñon Hills CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,162 workers age 16+, including 1,786 workers with reported travel time and 376 home workers.

Population estimate7,065± 873 MOE

Workers age 16+2,162± 437 MOE

Workers with travel time1,786± 413 MOE

Estimated home workers376± 171 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 Piñon Hills CDP

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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