What is the average commute in Compton city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 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 6150442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Compton, California

Name: Commute estimates for Compton city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home5.0%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Compton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.6 min → 30.5 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 5.0%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit3.9% → 3.9%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 75.3%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Compton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 3.9% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±2.2 pp

Carpool12.4% ±1.4 pp

Public transit3.9% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home5.0% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 40,427 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Compton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

4^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Compton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,427 workers age 16+, including 38,412 workers with reported travel time and 2,015 home workers.

Population estimate92,698± 51 MOE

Workers age 16+40,427± 1,320 MOE

Workers with travel time38,412± 1,346 MOE

Estimated home workers2,015± 404 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 Compton 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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