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In this paper, we consider the problems of vertiport placement and of estimating aircraft range requirements to serve passenger demand for daily commutes in eVTOL aircraft. Census data products including LODES and ACS are used to estimate daily commuting origins, destinations, and times. This data is used to place vertiports by solving an integer program that maximizes the population-cumulative potential time savings compared to driving. We also examine potential eVTOL aircraft range requirements for commuting by determining straight-line distances connecting the vertiports placed through our optimization approach. The techniques are applied to UAM commuter networks in the San Francisco and Los Angeles metro areas.