What is the average commute in Torrance city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Torrance city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6800002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Torrance, California

Name: Commute estimates for Torrance city, California
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 20.8% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home20.8%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone69.7%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Torrance 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 +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.1 min → 26.9 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 20.8%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 69.7%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Torrance city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 20.8% worked from home.

Drive alone69.7% ±1.4 pp

Carpool5.5% ±0.8 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.8% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 67,292 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Torrance city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

73^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Torrance city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 67,292 workers age 16+, including 53,276 workers with reported travel time and 14,016 home workers.

Population estimate142,130± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+67,292± 1,384 MOE

Workers with travel time53,276± 1,357 MOE

Estimated home workers14,016± 991 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 Torrance 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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