Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6525262024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Norwalk, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 10.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.5 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 Norwalk city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Norwalk city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 1.7% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 47,563 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Norwalk city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Norwalk city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 47,563 workers age 16+, including 43,809 workers with reported travel time and 3,754 home workers.
Population estimate99,789± 84 MOE
Workers age 16+47,563± 1,241 MOE
Workers with travel time43,809± 1,310 MOE
Estimated home workers3,754± 445 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 Norwalk city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.