ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12036752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bartow, Florida

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 commute22.9 min → 26.3 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 7.9%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 78.7%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.7% ±5.9 pp
Carpool11.0% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk1.6% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.9% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 10,004 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.

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% 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 estimate20,438± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+10,004± 642 MOE
Workers with travel time9,213± 692 MOE
Estimated home workers791± 206 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.