What is the average commute in Volusia County, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 121272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Volusia County, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Volusia County, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 14.4% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home14.4%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±0.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Volusia County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 27.5 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 14.4%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 72.7%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Volusia County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 14.4% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±0.8 pp

Carpool9.3% ±0.7 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp

Work from home14.4% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 253,344 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Volusia County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

28^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

10^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Volusia County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 253,344 workers age 16+, including 216,853 workers with reported travel time and 36,491 home workers.

Population estimate579,622± — MOE

Workers age 16+253,344± 2,679 MOE

Workers with travel time216,853± 2,743 MOE

Estimated home workers36,491± 1,752 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 Volusia 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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