Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · FL · GEOID 121192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sumter County, Florida
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 13.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone69.7%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 Sumter County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 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 Sumter County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 32,183 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sumter County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered 100k–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 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sumter County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 32,183 workers age 16+, including 27,713 workers with reported travel time and 4,470 home workers.
Population estimate143,408± — MOE
Workers age 16+32,183± 1,637 MOE
Workers with travel time27,713± 1,537 MOE
Estimated home workers4,470± 666 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 Sumter County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.