Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6781202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Temecula, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.3 min one way; 19.2% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 25.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip36.3 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.2%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 Temecula city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 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 Temecula city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 19.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 52,471 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Temecula city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Temecula city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 52,471 workers age 16+, including 42,418 workers with reported travel time and 10,053 home workers.
Population estimate111,167± 65 MOE
Workers age 16+52,471± 1,810 MOE
Workers with travel time42,418± 1,657 MOE
Estimated home workers10,053± 806 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 Temecula city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.