What is the average commute in Apopka city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Apopka city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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.

PLACE · FL · GEOID 12017002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Apopka, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Apopka city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 20.0% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home20.0%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone69.4%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.7%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 Apopka city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.6 min → 31.3 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 20.0%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.9% → 69.4%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Apopka city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 20.0% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±2.7 pp

Carpool8.0% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home20.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 29,572 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Apopka city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Apopka city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 29,572 workers age 16+, including 23,653 workers with reported travel time and 5,919 home workers.

Population estimate58,232± 46 MOE

Workers age 16+29,572± 1,060 MOE

Workers with travel time23,653± 1,108 MOE

Estimated home workers5,919± 906 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 Apopka city

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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