ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6729962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South El Monte, California

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute28.5 min → 27.3 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 6.7%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 3.0%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 72.6%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.6% ±3.7 pp
Carpool13.0% ±2.8 pp
Public transit3.0% ±2.1 pp
Walk3.3% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.7% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,244 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.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,287± 96 MOE
Workers age 16+8,244± 451 MOE
Workers with travel time7,688± 468 MOE
Estimated home workers556± 162 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.