ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6845922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westmont, California

Mean one-way trip33.7 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.5%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 commute34.8 min → 33.7 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 8.8%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 8.2%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 67.7%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.7% ±4.2 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.5 pp
Public transit8.2% ±2.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.8% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 13,070 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate34,123± 2,209 MOE
Workers age 16+13,070± 880 MOE
Workers with travel time11,925± 853 MOE
Estimated home workers1,145± 270 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.