ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6847802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Rancho Dominguez, California

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.7%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 commute31.4 min → 30.5 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 8.1%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit4.7% → 4.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 70.0%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.0% ±4.4 pp
Carpool12.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit4.6% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.1% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 10,433 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,300± 1,564 MOE
Workers age 16+10,433± 955 MOE
Workers with travel time9,588± 895 MOE
Estimated home workers845± 448 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.