ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6725062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Solana Beach, California

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home30.9%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone58.4%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute21.8 min → 21.0 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.0% → 30.9%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.7%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.8% → 58.4%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.4% ±4.5 pp
Carpool4.9% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.3 pp
Walk3.7% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home30.9% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 5,868 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,823± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+5,868± 461 MOE
Workers with travel time4,057± 424 MOE
Estimated home workers1,811± 329 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.