ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6720162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Simi Valley, California

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 commute30.2 min → 27.1 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.8% → 19.1%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 70.2%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±1.6 pp
Carpool8.2% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home19.1% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 64,626 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

17thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate125,634± 100 MOE
Workers age 16+64,626± 1,398 MOE
Workers with travel time52,261± 1,376 MOE
Estimated home workers12,365± 983 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.