Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AL · GEOID 1268962024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Florence, Alabama
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Florence city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 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 Florence city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 19,057 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Florence city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Florence city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 19,057 workers age 16+, including 17,367 workers with reported travel time and 1,690 home workers.
Population estimate41,701± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+19,057± 905 MOE
Workers with travel time17,367± 909 MOE
Estimated home workers1,690± 317 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 Alabama reports →Comparable Alabama commute records for Florence city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.