ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6781482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Temple City, California

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 commute32.1 min → 30.9 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 16.5%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 3.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.4% → 69.1%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool8.2% ±1.5 pp
Public transit3.2% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 16,568 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.

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,430± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+16,568± 626 MOE
Workers with travel time13,840± 686 MOE
Estimated home workers2,728± 416 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.