Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6737002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Spring Valley Lake, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.2 min one way; 13.1% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 22.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip35.2 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.4%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 Spring Valley Lake CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 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 Spring Valley Lake CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,798 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Spring Valley Lake CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 93th 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 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Spring Valley Lake CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,798 workers age 16+, including 3,300 workers with reported travel time and 498 home workers.
Population estimate9,483± 1,146 MOE
Workers age 16+3,798± 571 MOE
Workers with travel time3,300± 470 MOE
Estimated home workers498± 197 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 Spring Valley Lake CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.