ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · FL · GEOID 120092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brevard County, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 25.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 14.6%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 74.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.6% ±0.8 pp
Carpool7.4% ±0.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.6% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 282,236 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

38thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

14thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate632,780± — MOE
Workers age 16+282,236± 2,927 MOE
Workers with travel time240,989± 3,170 MOE
Estimated home workers41,247± 1,703 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.