What is the average commute in Gardena city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 6281682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gardena, California

Name: Commute estimates for Gardena city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.3 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 73.0% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Gardena city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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 Gardena city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.0%; 2.9% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

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

How Gardena city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

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

26^thWork-from-home percentile

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

80^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% 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 Gardena city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 28,932 workers age 16+, including 26,130 workers with reported travel time and 2,802 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Gardena 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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