ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12160622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cypress Lake, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.1%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±7.3 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 commute22.6 min → 24.8 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 12.1%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.9%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 83.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.1% ±7.3 pp
Carpool1.9% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,523 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% 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 estimate13,032± 1,051 MOE
Workers age 16+5,523± 733 MOE
Workers with travel time4,854± 736 MOE
Estimated home workers669± 187 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.