ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12274002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Green Cove Springs, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 64.7% drove alone, and 12.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 Green Cove Springs city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.6 min → 28.8 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 13.7%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 64.7%▼ 10.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Green Cove Springs city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone64.7% ±8.2 pp
Carpool16.1% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.5% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.5 pp
Work from home13.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,448 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Green Cove Springs city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% 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.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Green Cove Springs city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,448 workers age 16+, including 3,840 workers with reported travel time and 608 home workers.

Population estimate10,044± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+4,448± 493 MOE
Workers with travel time3,840± 473 MOE
Estimated home workers608± 167 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 Green Cove Springs city

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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