What is the average commute in Hawaiian Gardens city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 6325062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hawaiian Gardens, California

Name: Commute estimates for Hawaiian Gardens city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 68.0% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.9%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone68.0%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 Hawaiian Gardens city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 26.6 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 9.9%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 4.0%▲ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 68.0%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hawaiian Gardens city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.0%; 4.0% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone68.0% ±2.4 pp

Carpool15.8% ±4.7 pp

Public transit4.0% ±2.0 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp

Work from home9.9% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 6,015 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hawaiian Gardens city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hawaiian Gardens city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,015 workers age 16+, including 5,419 workers with reported travel time and 596 home workers.

Population estimate13,691± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+6,015± 490 MOE

Workers with travel time5,419± 518 MOE

Estimated home workers596± 190 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 Hawaiian Gardens 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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