Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6680282024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Juan Capistrano, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 17.3% worked from home, 66.2% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.5 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.3%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.2%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 Juan Capistrano 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 +5.7 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 Juan Capistrano city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 17.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 17,388 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Juan Capistrano city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Juan Capistrano city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 17,388 workers age 16+, including 14,376 workers with reported travel time and 3,012 home workers.
Population estimate35,095± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+17,388± 1,018 MOE
Workers with travel time14,376± 1,041 MOE
Estimated home workers3,012± 508 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 Juan Capistrano city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.