What is the average commute in Avon Park city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 12027502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Avon Park, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Avon Park city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 3.8% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Avon Park city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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 Avon Park city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 3.8% worked from home.

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

How Avon Park city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48^thMean commute percentile

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

8^thWork-from-home percentile

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

39^thTransit percentile

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

65^th60+ 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 Avon Park city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,475 workers age 16+, including 3,343 workers with reported travel time and 132 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Florida commute records for Avon Park 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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