ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12202752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elfers, Florida

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home15.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.6%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 commute27.5 min → 30.5 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 15.4%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 68.7%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±7.0 pp
Carpool11.8% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp
Work from home15.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 6,912 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,006± 1,434 MOE
Workers age 16+6,912± 800 MOE
Workers with travel time5,849± 786 MOE
Estimated home workers1,063± 305 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.