Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CA · GEOID 60372024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Los Angeles County, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 17.1% worked from home, 64.8% drove alone, and 12.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.4 min±0.2 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±0.2 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±0.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 Los Angeles County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Los Angeles County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.8%; 3.9% used public transit and 17.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,687,090 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Los Angeles County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Los Angeles County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,687,090 workers age 16+, including 3,885,258 workers with reported travel time and 801,832 home workers.
Population estimate9,808,667± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,687,090± 11,053 MOE
Workers with travel time3,885,258± 12,734 MOE
Estimated home workers801,832± 7,394 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Los Angeles County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.