What is the average commute in Osceola County, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 120972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Osceola County, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Osceola County, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.2 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.2 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.3%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone70.8%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.2%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 Osceola 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 +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.5 min → 35.2 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 13.3%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 70.8%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Osceola County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 1.3% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±1.6 pp

Carpool12.1% ±1.0 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.3% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 207,664 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Osceola County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

60^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Osceola County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 207,664 workers age 16+, including 179,991 workers with reported travel time and 27,673 home workers.

Population estimate427,415± — MOE

Workers age 16+207,664± 3,153 MOE

Workers with travel time179,991± 3,876 MOE

Estimated home workers27,673± 2,233 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 Osceola 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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