Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12003752024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Alachua, Florida
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 21.0% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.3 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home21.0%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.1%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Alachua city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.3 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 Alachua city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 21.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,120 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Alachua city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Alachua city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,120 workers age 16+, including 4,046 workers with reported travel time and 1,074 home workers.
Population estimate10,743± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+5,120± 472 MOE
Workers with travel time4,046± 471 MOE
Estimated home workers1,074± 329 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 Alachua city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.