What is the average commute in Santa Paula city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Santa Paula city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6700422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santa Paula, California

Name: Commute estimates for Santa Paula city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home4.7%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone74.9%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 Paula 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 +1.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.7 min → 27.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 4.7%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 74.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Santa Paula city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±3.0 pp

Carpool16.3% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.7% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.7% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 14,253 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Santa Paula city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Santa Paula city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,253 workers age 16+, including 13,577 workers with reported travel time and 676 home workers.

Population estimate31,376± 31 MOE

Workers age 16+14,253± 690 MOE

Workers with travel time13,577± 662 MOE

Estimated home workers676± 195 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

Comparable California commute records for Santa Paula city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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