What is the average commute in Boca Raton city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Boca Raton city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.5%, 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 12073002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boca Raton, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Boca Raton city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 23.5% worked from home, 63.9% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home23.5%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone63.9%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Boca Raton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 21.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 23.5%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 63.9%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Boca Raton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 23.5% worked from home.

Drive alone63.9% ±1.6 pp

Carpool6.3% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.7% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle1.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home23.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 46,527 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Boca Raton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

87^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

25^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Boca Raton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 46,527 workers age 16+, including 35,590 workers with reported travel time and 10,937 home workers.

Population estimate100,234± 49 MOE

Workers age 16+46,527± 1,522 MOE

Workers with travel time35,590± 1,380 MOE

Estimated home workers10,937± 998 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 Boca Raton 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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