ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6834022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Walnut Park, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.4 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 65.3% drove alone, and 11.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 Walnut Park CDP'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 +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.8 min → 33.4 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 7.9%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 6.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 65.3%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Walnut Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.3%; 6.6% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.

Drive alone65.3% ±3.6 pp
Carpool14.2% ±4.2 pp
Public transit6.6% ±2.6 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.9% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,344 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Walnut Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Walnut Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,344 workers age 16+, including 5,841 workers with reported travel time and 503 home workers.

Population estimate14,958± 1,026 MOE
Workers age 16+6,344± 458 MOE
Workers with travel time5,841± 470 MOE
Estimated home workers503± 187 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 Walnut Park 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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