Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12173252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Destin, Florida
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 16.4% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home16.4%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.7%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Destin city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Destin city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.6% used public transit and 16.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,520 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Destin city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Destin city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,520 workers age 16+, including 6,284 workers with reported travel time and 1,236 home workers.
Population estimate14,077± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,520± 436 MOE
Workers with travel time6,284± 487 MOE
Estimated home workers1,236± 342 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
All Florida reports →Comparable Florida commute records for Destin city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.