ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12350502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home26.4%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.3%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commute23.3 min → 23.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.6% → 26.4%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.1%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 64.3%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.3% ±3.1 pp
Carpool4.4% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle2.6% ±2.7 pp
Work from home26.4% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 13,515 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,654± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+13,515± 853 MOE
Workers with travel time9,943± 919 MOE
Estimated home workers3,572± 578 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.