ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12217502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairview Shores, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 14.5% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±7.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.5%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±14.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Fairview Shores CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 27.0 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 14.5%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 66.3%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairview Shores CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 14.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.3% ±14.2 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk8.2% ±10.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.5% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 6,588 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairview Shores CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairview Shores CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,588 workers age 16+, including 5,631 workers with reported travel time and 957 home workers.

Population estimate11,844± 1,469 MOE
Workers age 16+6,588± 1,072 MOE
Workers with travel time5,631± 1,042 MOE
Estimated home workers957± 199 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 Fairview Shores 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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