ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12046502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beacon Square, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 16.3% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 Beacon Square CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.4 min → 28.5 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.2% → 16.3%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 1.2%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 72.1%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Beacon Square CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 1.2% used public transit and 16.3% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±7.2 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.1 pp
Work from home16.3% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,729 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Beacon Square CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Beacon Square CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,729 workers age 16+, including 3,120 workers with reported travel time and 609 home workers.

Population estimate7,895± 884 MOE
Workers age 16+3,729± 510 MOE
Workers with travel time3,120± 462 MOE
Estimated home workers609± 168 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 Beacon Square CDP

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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