What is the average commute in Rancho Palos Verdes city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 6595142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Name: Commute estimates for Rancho Palos Verdes city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 28.3% worked from home, 64.0% drove alone, and 13.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home28.3%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone64.0%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.1%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 Palos Verdes 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 +10.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.8 min → 32.8 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.7% → 28.3%▲ 10.6 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.3%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 64.0%▼ 10.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rancho Palos Verdes city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.0%; 1.3% used public transit and 28.3% worked from home.

Drive alone64.0% ±3.3 pp

Carpool3.9% ±1.4 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home28.3% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 16,362 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rancho Palos Verdes city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rancho Palos Verdes city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,362 workers age 16+, including 11,732 workers with reported travel time and 4,630 home workers.

Population estimate40,864± 57 MOE

Workers age 16+16,362± 774 MOE

Workers with travel time11,732± 760 MOE

Estimated home workers4,630± 569 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 Palos Verdes 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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