What is the average commute in Commerce city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Commerce city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6149742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Commerce, California

Name: Commute estimates for Commerce city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 9.1% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.1%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.2%±6.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.3%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 Commerce city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 27.4 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 9.1%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 4.4%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 70.2%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Commerce city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 4.4% used public transit and 9.1% worked from home.

Drive alone70.2% ±6.4 pp

Carpool7.4% ±3.1 pp

Public transit4.4% ±2.8 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±1.5 pp

Work from home9.1% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 5,098 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Commerce city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

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

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Commerce city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,098 workers age 16+, including 4,634 workers with reported travel time and 464 home workers.

Population estimate11,993± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+5,098± 395 MOE

Workers with travel time4,634± 436 MOE

Estimated home workers464± 182 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

Comparable California commute records for Commerce city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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