ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12222502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fern Park, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute28.3 min → 24.8 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 15.6%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 69.2%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.2% ±7.6 pp
Carpool12.2% ±5.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.0 pp
Work from home15.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,428 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,981± 1,011 MOE
Workers age 16+4,428± 710 MOE
Workers with travel time3,737± 708 MOE
Estimated home workers691± 196 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.