ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6706862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Seal Beach, California

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home25.9%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 commute31.0 min → 28.8 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.7% → 25.9%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.8% → 67.1%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool3.2% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home25.9% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 9,207 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,722± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+9,207± 536 MOE
Workers with travel time6,821± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers2,386± 453 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.