ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6841162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Athens, California

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone66.7%±9.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 25.8 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 14.7%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 4.7%▲ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 66.7%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.7% ±9.5 pp
Carpool6.9% ±3.3 pp
Public transit4.7% ±2.9 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.7% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,357 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,726± 1,076 MOE
Workers age 16+3,357± 407 MOE
Workers with travel time2,862± 418 MOE
Estimated home workers495± 203 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.