ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12344002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ives Estates, Florida

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.6%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.0%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 commute32.4 min → 34.1 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 12.6%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 2.6%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 73.0%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±7.4 pp
Carpool9.9% ±2.9 pp
Public transit2.6% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.6% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 14,925 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,506± 2,215 MOE
Workers age 16+14,925± 1,552 MOE
Workers with travel time13,039± 1,497 MOE
Estimated home workers1,886± 559 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.