ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6464922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Maywood, California

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.0 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 68.8% drove alone, and 12.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone68.8%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.8%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 Maywood city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 31.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 4.6%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit6.7% → 3.9%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 68.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Maywood city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.8%; 3.9% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.

Drive alone68.8% ±3.1 pp
Carpool16.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit3.9% ±1.9 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.6% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 10,795 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Maywood city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Maywood city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,795 workers age 16+, including 10,301 workers with reported travel time and 494 home workers.

Population estimate24,317± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+10,795± 556 MOE
Workers with travel time10,301± 555 MOE
Estimated home workers494± 172 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 Maywood 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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