What is the average commute in Rolling Hills Estates city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rolling Hills Estates city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 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 6626442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rolling Hills Estates, California

Name: Commute estimates for Rolling Hills Estates city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 27.8% worked from home, 66.5% drove alone, and 11.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home27.8%±6.0 pp MOE

Drove alone66.5%±9.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.1%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 Rolling Hills Estates city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.1 min → 27.2 min▼ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.8% → 27.8%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 66.5%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rolling Hills Estates city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 27.8% worked from home.

Drive alone66.5% ±9.9 pp

Carpool4.4% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.8 pp

Work from home27.8% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 3,252 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rolling Hills Estates city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

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

40^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rolling Hills Estates city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,252 workers age 16+, including 2,349 workers with reported travel time and 903 home workers.

Population estimate8,131± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+3,252± 366 MOE

Workers with travel time2,349± 227 MOE

Estimated home workers903± 220 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 Rolling Hills Estates 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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