ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12240002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Mean one-way trip26.1 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone64.4%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 commute26.1 min → 26.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 19.0%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.4% → 64.4%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.4% ±1.4 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.0 pp
Public transit2.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp
Work from home19.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 93,692 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate185,604± 91 MOE
Workers age 16+93,692± 2,139 MOE
Workers with travel time75,861± 2,139 MOE
Estimated home workers17,831± 1,201 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.