What is the average commute in Cudahy city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 6174982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cudahy, California

Name: Commute estimates for Cudahy city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 13.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home4.4%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone75.7%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.4%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 Cudahy city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.0 min → 31.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 4.4%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit6.4% → 5.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 75.7%▲ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cudahy city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 5.0% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.

Drive alone75.7% ±4.2 pp

Carpool10.8% ±2.9 pp

Public transit5.0% ±2.0 pp

Walk2.2% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp

Work from home4.4% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 8,901 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cudahy city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cudahy city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,901 workers age 16+, including 8,507 workers with reported travel time and 394 home workers.

Population estimate22,087± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+8,901± 566 MOE

Workers with travel time8,507± 577 MOE

Estimated home workers394± 131 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 Cudahy 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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