Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6691122024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Santa Cruz, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 22.2% worked from home, 51.3% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.8 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home22.2%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone51.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 Cruz city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 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 Cruz city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.3%; 4.7% used public transit and 22.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 30,501 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Santa Cruz city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 32th 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 lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Santa Cruz city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 30,501 workers age 16+, including 23,745 workers with reported travel time and 6,756 home workers.
Population estimate61,607± 64 MOE
Workers age 16+30,501± 1,340 MOE
Workers with travel time23,745± 1,291 MOE
Estimated home workers6,756± 722 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 Cruz city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.