What is the average commute in Hawthorne city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.1%, 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 6325482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hawthorne, California

Name: Commute estimates for Hawthorne city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.1%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone70.3%±1.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.2%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 Hawthorne city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.5 min → 28.3 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 11.1%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 3.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 70.3%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hawthorne city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 3.7% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±1.9 pp

Carpool9.2% ±1.2 pp

Public transit3.7% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.1% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 41,114 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hawthorne city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hawthorne city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 41,114 workers age 16+, including 36,551 workers with reported travel time and 4,563 home workers.

Population estimate85,191± 64 MOE

Workers age 16+41,114± 1,091 MOE

Workers with travel time36,551± 1,077 MOE

Estimated home workers4,563± 515 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 Hawthorne 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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