ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · FL · GEOID 120862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Miami-Dade County, Florida

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.0 min → 30.9 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 14.0%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 3.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 68.7%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±0.5 pp
Carpool9.1% ±0.3 pp
Public transit3.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.0% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 1,356,445 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.