Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6424682024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lomita, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 8.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.6 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.0%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 Lomita city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lomita city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 1.6% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,158 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lomita city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lomita city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,158 workers age 16+, including 9,056 workers with reported travel time and 1,102 home workers.
Population estimate20,225± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+10,158± 606 MOE
Workers with travel time9,056± 606 MOE
Estimated home workers1,102± 244 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
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Lomita city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.