ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12157252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crystal Lake, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.2 min one way; 2.2% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±8.8 min MOE
Worked from home2.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±10.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.4%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 Crystal Lake CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.3 min → 29.2 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 2.2%▼ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 73.9%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crystal Lake CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 2.2% worked from home.

Drive alone73.9% ±10.1 pp
Carpool10.2% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.4% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±2.0 pp
Work from home2.2% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 2,481 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crystal Lake CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crystal Lake CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,481 workers age 16+, including 2,426 workers with reported travel time and 55 home workers.

Population estimate5,451± 1,013 MOE
Workers age 16+2,481± 441 MOE
Workers with travel time2,426± 437 MOE
Estimated home workers55± 47 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 Crystal Lake 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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