ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6718762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Signal Hill, California

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home20.4%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 → 31.0 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 20.4%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 1.4%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 69.4%▼ 9.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±6.2 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.5 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home20.4% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 6,320 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% 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 estimate11,468± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+6,320± 495 MOE
Workers with travel time5,028± 506 MOE
Estimated home workers1,292± 302 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.