What is the average commute in Lawndale city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 6408862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lawndale, California

Name: Commute estimates for Lawndale city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home7.2%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.9%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.5%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 Lawndale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 7.2%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 73.9%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lawndale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 1.5% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone73.9% ±3.1 pp

Carpool8.3% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.5% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle2.5% ±1.7 pp

Work from home7.2% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 15,273 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lawndale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lawndale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,273 workers age 16+, including 14,170 workers with reported travel time and 1,103 home workers.

Population estimate30,781± 40 MOE

Workers age 16+15,273± 724 MOE

Workers with travel time14,170± 704 MOE

Estimated home workers1,103± 265 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 Lawndale 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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