What is the average commute in Topanga CDP, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Topanga CDP, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 40.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 6789602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Topanga, California

Name: Commute estimates for Topanga CDP, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 40.7% worked from home, 48.3% drove alone, and 10.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±11.5 min MOE

Worked from home40.7%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone48.3%±13.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.1%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 Topanga CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +21.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.9 min → 28.8 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.5% → 40.7%▲ 21.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.6% → 48.3%▼ 15.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Topanga CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 48.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 40.7% worked from home.

Drive alone48.3% ±13.2 pp

Carpool6.6% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home40.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 4,100 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Topanga CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Topanga CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,100 workers age 16+, including 2,433 workers with reported travel time and 1,667 home workers.

Population estimate8,885± 1,522 MOE

Workers age 16+4,100± 710 MOE

Workers with travel time2,433± 726 MOE

Estimated home workers1,667± 302 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 Topanga CDP

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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