ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6174982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cudahy, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

82thMean commute percentile

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

11thWork-from-home percentile

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

91thTransit percentile

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

83th60+ 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 the shares

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.