ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6682242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Marino, California

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home28.4%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone57.5%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.0%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 commute28.7 min → 26.6 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.2% → 28.4%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit3.9% → 3.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.4% → 57.5%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.5% ±6.3 pp
Carpool8.8% ±3.2 pp
Public transit3.1% ±2.9 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home28.4% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 5,055 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,216± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+5,055± 307 MOE
Workers with travel time3,618± 366 MOE
Estimated home workers1,437± 285 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.