ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · FL · GEOID 120312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Duval County, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute24.6 min → 24.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.0%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 70.6%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±0.7 pp
Carpool8.7% ±0.5 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp
Work from home16.0% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 505,254 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

29thTransit percentile

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

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate1,023,153± — MOE
Workers age 16+505,254± 3,695 MOE
Workers with travel time424,379± 3,910 MOE
Estimated home workers80,875± 2,744 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.