ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6149742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Commerce, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

64thMean commute percentile

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

37thWork-from-home percentile

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

89thTransit percentile

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

71th60+ 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 the shares

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.