Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6660002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Diego, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 21.2% worked from home, 62.6% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.5 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone62.6%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 San Diego city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How San Diego city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.6%; 2.7% used public transit and 21.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 730,907 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Diego city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Diego city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 730,907 workers age 16+, including 575,838 workers with reported travel time and 155,069 home workers.
Population estimate1,389,526± 106 MOE
Workers age 16+730,907± 4,478 MOE
Workers with travel time575,838± 5,176 MOE
Estimated home workers155,069± 3,475 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for San Diego city
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.