ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12241002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Meade, Florida

Mean one-way trip40.2 min±15.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.0%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 commute34.5 min → 40.2 min▲ 5.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 9.8%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.6% → 77.5%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±6.6 pp
Carpool10.3% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home9.8% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 1,924 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% 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.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,225± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+1,924± 242 MOE
Workers with travel time1,735± 251 MOE
Estimated home workers189± 88 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.