ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6281682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gardena, California

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±1.8 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 29.3 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 9.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.9%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 73.0%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±1.8 pp
Carpool10.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit2.9% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 28,932 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate59,422± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+28,932± 823 MOE
Workers with travel time26,130± 816 MOE
Estimated home workers2,802± 346 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.