Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6430002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Long Beach, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 16.2% worked from home, 66.8% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.9 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.2%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 Long Beach city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 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 Long Beach city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.8%; 3.8% used public transit and 16.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 226,908 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Long Beach city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Long Beach city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 226,908 workers age 16+, including 190,236 workers with reported travel time and 36,672 home workers.
Population estimate455,548± 128 MOE
Workers age 16+226,908± 2,746 MOE
Workers with travel time190,236± 2,692 MOE
Estimated home workers36,672± 1,832 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 Long Beach city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.