ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6398922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lakewood, California

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home13.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 commute29.4 min → 28.4 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 13.3%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 74.2%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±1.8 pp
Carpool9.3% ±1.2 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.3% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 40,553 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate79,850± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+40,553± 952 MOE
Workers with travel time35,154± 1,012 MOE
Estimated home workers5,399± 508 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.