What is the average commute in Thousand Oaks city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Thousand Oaks city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6785822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thousand Oaks, California

Name: Commute estimates for Thousand Oaks city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 24.3% worked from home, 63.5% drove alone, and 9.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home24.3%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone63.5%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.9%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 Thousand Oaks city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute25.9 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.9% → 24.3%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 63.5%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Thousand Oaks city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.5%; 0.5% used public transit and 24.3% worked from home.

Drive alone63.5% ±1.7 pp

Carpool8.0% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home24.3% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 60,426 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Thousand Oaks city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Thousand Oaks city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 60,426 workers age 16+, including 45,766 workers with reported travel time and 14,660 home workers.

Population estimate125,205± 97 MOE

Workers age 16+60,426± 1,497 MOE

Workers with travel time45,766± 1,618 MOE

Estimated home workers14,660± 1,173 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

Comparable California commute records for Thousand Oaks city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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