ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12039752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bay Harbor Islands, Florida

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±8.9 min MOE
Worked from home30.5%±8.5 pp MOE
Drove alone53.8%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute30.3 min → 30.6 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.2% → 30.5%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 1.9%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.3% → 53.8%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.8% ±7.8 pp
Carpool3.3% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.9% ±3.0 pp
Walk3.2% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home30.5% ±8.5 pp

Each share uses 2,689 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,847± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+2,689± 346 MOE
Workers with travel time1,868± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers821± 253 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.