ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · FL · GEOID 120552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highlands County, Florida

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute21.0 min → 23.8 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 8.6%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 75.2%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±2.4 pp
Carpool12.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.6% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 35,779 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

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

26thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate105,702± — MOE
Workers age 16+35,779± 976 MOE
Workers with travel time32,705± 1,034 MOE
Estimated home workers3,074± 485 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.