ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12094152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Buenaventura Lakes, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.6 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Buenaventura Lakes CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.9 min → 29.6 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 10.3%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 74.2%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Buenaventura Lakes CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 1.1% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±4.9 pp
Carpool11.8% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.3% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 16,741 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Buenaventura Lakes CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Buenaventura Lakes CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,741 workers age 16+, including 15,024 workers with reported travel time and 1,717 home workers.

Population estimate32,682± 2,728 MOE
Workers age 16+16,741± 1,856 MOE
Workers with travel time15,024± 1,692 MOE
Estimated home workers1,717± 655 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 Buenaventura Lakes 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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