Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6725762024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Solvang, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.2 min one way; 15.8% worked from home, 67.1% drove alone, and 9.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.2 min±8.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.8%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.1%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 Solvang city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Solvang city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 15.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,921 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Solvang city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Solvang city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,921 workers age 16+, including 2,460 workers with reported travel time and 461 home workers.
Population estimate6,034± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+2,921± 343 MOE
Workers with travel time2,460± 364 MOE
Estimated home workers461± 140 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Solvang city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.