What is the average commute in Cortez CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 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 12147002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cortez, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Cortez CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.2 min one way; 15.1% worked from home, 72.8% drove alone, and 12.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.2 min±13.1 min MOE

Worked from home15.1%±6.1 pp MOE

Drove alone72.8%±7.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.2%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 Cortez CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 33.2 min▲ 6.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 15.1%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 72.8%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cortez CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.8% ±7.6 pp

Carpool3.2% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±1.4 pp

Walk4.0% ±6.3 pp

Bicycle1.9% ±2.0 pp

Work from home15.1% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 1,500 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cortez CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cortez CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,500 workers age 16+, including 1,273 workers with reported travel time and 227 home workers.

Population estimate5,205± 876 MOE

Workers age 16+1,500± 383 MOE

Workers with travel time1,273± 362 MOE

Estimated home workers227± 108 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 Cortez 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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