ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12302252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland City, Florida

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.3%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 commute26.0 min → 29.0 min▲ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 12.3%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 76.0%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±3.4 pp
Carpool11.0% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.3% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 6,943 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% 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.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,276± 1,590 MOE
Workers age 16+6,943± 1,017 MOE
Workers with travel time6,086± 955 MOE
Estimated home workers857± 234 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.