What is the average commute in Twentynine Palms city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Twentynine Palms city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.8%, 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 6809942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Twentynine Palms, California

Name: Commute estimates for Twentynine Palms city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.9 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 65.5% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.9 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home8.8%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone65.5%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 Twentynine Palms city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.8 min → 15.9 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 8.8%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.1% → 65.5%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Twentynine Palms city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone65.5% ±3.9 pp

Carpool10.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk13.5% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home8.8% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 14,841 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Twentynine Palms city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Twentynine Palms city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,841 workers age 16+, including 13,529 workers with reported travel time and 1,312 home workers.

Population estimate27,355± 56 MOE

Workers age 16+14,841± 769 MOE

Workers with travel time13,529± 795 MOE

Estimated home workers1,312± 277 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 Twentynine Palms 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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