What is the average commute in Rancho Mirage city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rancho Mirage city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 30.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 6595002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rancho Mirage, California

Name: Commute estimates for Rancho Mirage city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 30.5% worked from home, 61.1% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home30.5%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone61.1%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.9%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 Rancho Mirage city'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 +11.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 25.3 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.5% → 30.5%▲ 11.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 61.1%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rancho Mirage city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.1%; 0.5% used public transit and 30.5% worked from home.

Drive alone61.1% ±4.7 pp

Carpool4.7% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home30.5% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 5,400 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rancho Mirage city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thTransit percentile

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

64^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rancho Mirage city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,400 workers age 16+, including 3,753 workers with reported travel time and 1,647 home workers.

Population estimate17,563± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+5,400± 448 MOE

Workers with travel time3,753± 393 MOE

Estimated home workers1,647± 260 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 Rancho Mirage 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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