ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6590522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Quartz Hill, California

Mean one-way trip34.8 min±9.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.8%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute35.2 min → 34.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 11.2%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 0.5%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 80.8%▲ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.8% ±6.4 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.2% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,678 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

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

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,510± 1,153 MOE
Workers age 16+4,678± 632 MOE
Workers with travel time4,154± 607 MOE
Estimated home workers524± 195 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.