What is the average commute in Madison County, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Madison County, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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.

COUNTY · FL · GEOID 120792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Madison County, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Madison County, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 14.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.7%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone78.0%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.1%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 Madison County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 29.8 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 4.7%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 78.0%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Madison County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±2.3 pp

Carpool12.4% ±4.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.2% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp

Work from home4.7% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 5,849 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Madison County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

46^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Madison County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,849 workers age 16+, including 5,572 workers with reported travel time and 277 home workers.

Population estimate18,089± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,849± 428 MOE

Workers with travel time5,572± 408 MOE

Estimated home workers277± 115 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 Florida commute records for Madison County

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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