Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6732622024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
South San Francisco, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 61.4% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.6 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.4%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone61.4%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 South San Francisco city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.7 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 South San Francisco city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.4%; 5.5% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 34,506 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How South San Francisco city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind South San Francisco city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 34,506 workers age 16+, including 28,485 workers with reported travel time and 6,021 home workers.
Population estimate64,305± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+34,506± 842 MOE
Workers with travel time28,485± 1,091 MOE
Estimated home workers6,021± 715 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 South San Francisco city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.