What is the average commute in Deerfield Beach city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Deerfield Beach city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 12167252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deerfield Beach, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Deerfield Beach city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.2 min one way; 12.8% worked from home, 69.5% drove alone, and 8.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.8%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone69.5%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.5%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 Deerfield Beach city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 28.2 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 12.8%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 2.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 69.5%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Deerfield Beach city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.5%; 2.6% used public transit and 12.8% worked from home.

Drive alone69.5% ±3.1 pp

Carpool11.9% ±2.0 pp

Public transit2.6% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp

Work from home12.8% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 41,941 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Deerfield Beach city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Deerfield Beach city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 41,941 workers age 16+, including 36,587 workers with reported travel time and 5,354 home workers.

Population estimate88,093± 65 MOE

Workers age 16+41,941± 1,602 MOE

Workers with travel time36,587± 1,732 MOE

Estimated home workers5,354± 896 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 Deerfield Beach 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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