ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6609282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rio del Mar, California

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home30.2%±10.3 pp MOE
Drove alone60.9%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.9 min → 30.0 min▼ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home27.1% → 30.2%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.6% → 60.9%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.9% ±3.9 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.8 pp
Work from home30.2% ±10.3 pp

Each share uses 4,619 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

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

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,201± 880 MOE
Workers age 16+4,619± 635 MOE
Workers with travel time3,222± 432 MOE
Estimated home workers1,397± 513 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.