ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6582962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Hueneme, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Port Hueneme city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.5 min → 22.6 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 8.0%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 75.5%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Port Hueneme city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±4.6 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 10,224 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Port Hueneme city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Port Hueneme city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,224 workers age 16+, including 9,410 workers with reported travel time and 814 home workers.

Population estimate21,582± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+10,224± 657 MOE
Workers with travel time9,410± 684 MOE
Estimated home workers814± 273 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 Port Hueneme city

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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