ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12027502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Avon Park, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.8%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 24.6 min▲ 5.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 3.8%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 79.8%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.8% ±5.3 pp
Carpool12.5% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle2.1% ±2.7 pp
Work from home3.8% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,475 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,057± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+3,475± 476 MOE
Workers with travel time3,343± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers132± 73 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.