Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6690882024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Santa Clarita, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.1 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 19.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.1 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.5%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.2%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 Santa Clarita city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 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 Santa Clarita city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 1.6% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 111,115 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Santa Clarita city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Santa Clarita city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 111,115 workers age 16+, including 90,543 workers with reported travel time and 20,572 home workers.
Population estimate230,221± 96 MOE
Workers age 16+111,115± 2,067 MOE
Workers with travel time90,543± 2,131 MOE
Estimated home workers20,572± 1,135 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 Santa Clarita city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.