What is the average commute in Brownsville CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brownsville CDP, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 12090002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brownsville, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Brownsville CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.6 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±6.2 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.1%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.8%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 Brownsville 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 +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.4 min → 30.6 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 6.5%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit9.7% → 10.9%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 72.1%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brownsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 10.9% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±7.1 pp

Carpool6.9% ±2.8 pp

Public transit10.9% ±4.3 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle1.4% ±1.2 pp

Work from home6.5% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 7,176 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brownsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

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

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brownsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,176 workers age 16+, including 6,712 workers with reported travel time and 464 home workers.

Population estimate16,936± 1,533 MOE

Workers age 16+7,176± 958 MOE

Workers with travel time6,712± 933 MOE

Estimated home workers464± 235 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 Brownsville 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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