ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12192752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Milton, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.6 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 12.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±10.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 East Milton CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 32.6 min▲ 4.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 9.4%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.6% → 77.4%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How East Milton CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±2.5 pp
Carpool11.0% ±5.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 4,883 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How East Milton CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind East Milton CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,883 workers age 16+, including 4,424 workers with reported travel time and 459 home workers.

Population estimate14,783± 1,360 MOE
Workers age 16+4,883± 926 MOE
Workers with travel time4,424± 932 MOE
Estimated home workers459± 213 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 Milton 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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