What is the average commute in Hermosa Beach city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 36.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 6333642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hermosa Beach, California

Name: Commute estimates for Hermosa Beach city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 36.5% worked from home, 53.0% drove alone, and 13.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home36.5%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone53.0%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.0%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 Hermosa Beach city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.4 min → 28.5 min▼ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.9% → 36.5%▲ 12.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.9% → 53.0%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hermosa Beach city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 36.5% worked from home.

Drive alone53.0% ±4.0 pp

Carpool4.9% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle1.7% ±1.0 pp

Work from home36.5% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 10,374 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hermosa Beach city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hermosa Beach city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,374 workers age 16+, including 6,587 workers with reported travel time and 3,787 home workers.

Population estimate19,063± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+10,374± 684 MOE

Workers with travel time6,587± 557 MOE

Estimated home workers3,787± 490 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 Hermosa Beach 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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