What is the average commute in Orange County, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 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 120952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange County, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Orange County, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 17.7% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±0.5 min MOE

Worked from home17.7%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone68.1%±0.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.5%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 Orange 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 +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 28.0 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 17.7%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 68.1%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Orange County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 1.3% used public transit and 17.7% worked from home.

Drive alone68.1% ±0.6 pp

Carpool9.1% ±0.4 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp

Work from home17.7% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 748,729 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Orange County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

36^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

42^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Orange County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 748,729 workers age 16+, including 615,960 workers with reported travel time and 132,769 home workers.

Population estimate1,471,937± — MOE

Workers age 16+748,729± 5,036 MOE

Workers with travel time615,960± 5,728 MOE

Estimated home workers132,769± 3,890 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 Orange 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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