ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12132252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cocoa West, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.5%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone84.6%±26.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 commute24.9 min → 24.6 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 3.5%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 84.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.6% ±26.1 pp
Carpool10.1% ±7.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home3.5% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 2,996 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,923± 1,269 MOE
Workers age 16+2,996± 667 MOE
Workers with travel time2,890± 651 MOE
Estimated home workers106± 100 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.