ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12144122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Coral Terrace, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 25.5 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 16.3%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 70.9%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±3.9 pp
Carpool8.2% ±2.5 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.3% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 13,052 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,895± 2,566 MOE
Workers age 16+13,052± 1,438 MOE
Workers with travel time10,919± 1,245 MOE
Estimated home workers2,133± 484 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.