ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12192122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Lake-Orient Park, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 21.9% worked from home, 60.2% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home21.9%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone60.2%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 East Lake-Orient Park CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.2 min → 26.8 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 21.9%▲ 13.6 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.8%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 60.2%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How East Lake-Orient Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.2%; 1.8% used public transit and 21.9% worked from home.

Drive alone60.2% ±4.3 pp
Carpool11.5% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.8% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.1 pp
Work from home21.9% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 13,780 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How East Lake-Orient Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind East Lake-Orient Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,780 workers age 16+, including 10,761 workers with reported travel time and 3,019 home workers.

Population estimate29,213± 2,106 MOE
Workers age 16+13,780± 1,133 MOE
Workers with travel time10,761± 1,032 MOE
Estimated home workers3,019± 662 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 East Lake-Orient Park 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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