Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6829962024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Vista, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 16.2% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.7 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home16.2%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Vista city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 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 Vista city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.9% used public transit and 16.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 49,417 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Vista city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Vista city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 49,417 workers age 16+, including 41,435 workers with reported travel time and 7,982 home workers.
Population estimate99,114± 94 MOE
Workers age 16+49,417± 1,281 MOE
Workers with travel time41,435± 1,375 MOE
Estimated home workers7,982± 773 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 Vista city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.