What is the average commute in Rancho Mission Viejo CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rancho Mission Viejo CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 35.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 6595032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rancho Mission Viejo, California

Name: Commute estimates for Rancho Mission Viejo CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 35.5% worked from home, 55.3% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±6.9 min MOE

Worked from home35.5%±5.4 pp MOE

Drove alone55.3%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Mission Viejo CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.1 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.3% → 35.5%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.5% → 55.3%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rancho Mission Viejo CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 35.5% worked from home.

Drive alone55.3% ±6.3 pp

Carpool8.9% ±5.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp

Work from home35.5% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 5,539 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rancho Mission Viejo CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rancho Mission Viejo CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,539 workers age 16+, including 3,574 workers with reported travel time and 1,965 home workers.

Population estimate11,971± 1,063 MOE

Workers age 16+5,539± 742 MOE

Workers with travel time3,574± 605 MOE

Estimated home workers1,965± 399 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 Mission Viejo 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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