Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · FL · GEOID 120862024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Miami-Dade County, Florida
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.9 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.9 min±0.3 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±0.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 Miami-Dade County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Miami-Dade County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 3.3% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,356,445 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Miami-Dade County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Miami-Dade County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,356,445 workers age 16+, including 1,167,018 workers with reported travel time and 189,427 home workers.
Population estimate2,738,356± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,356,445± 6,052 MOE
Workers with travel time1,167,018± 6,471 MOE
Estimated home workers189,427± 5,046 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
All Florida reports →Comparable Florida commute records for Miami-Dade County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.