What is the average commute in Coral Gables city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Coral Gables city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 12142502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Coral Gables, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Coral Gables city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 22.6% worked from home, 61.9% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home22.6%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone61.9%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Coral Gables city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.2 min → 23.8 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.5% → 22.6%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.3%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.2% → 61.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Coral Gables city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.9%; 1.3% used public transit and 22.6% worked from home.

Drive alone61.9% ±3.2 pp

Carpool5.0% ±1.0 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk6.1% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home22.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 23,474 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Coral Gables city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Coral Gables city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 23,474 workers age 16+, including 18,162 workers with reported travel time and 5,312 home workers.

Population estimate49,802± 99 MOE

Workers age 16+23,474± 986 MOE

Workers with travel time18,162± 989 MOE

Estimated home workers5,312± 711 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 Coral Gables 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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