ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6408862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lawndale, California

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

45thMean commute percentile

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

14thWork-from-home percentile

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

63thTransit percentile

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

50th60+ 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 the shares

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.