What is the average commute in Jensen Beach CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Jensen Beach CDP, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · FL · GEOID 12355502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jensen Beach, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Jensen Beach CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 18.2% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 13.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±7.1 min MOE

Worked from home18.2%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.1%±7.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.5%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 Jensen Beach CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 27.9 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 18.2%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 74.1%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jensen Beach CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 0.8% used public transit and 18.2% worked from home.

Drive alone74.1% ±7.5 pp

Carpool5.2% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home18.2% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 5,250 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jensen Beach CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jensen Beach CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,250 workers age 16+, including 4,297 workers with reported travel time and 953 home workers.

Population estimate12,531± 1,047 MOE

Workers age 16+5,250± 635 MOE

Workers with travel time4,297± 611 MOE

Estimated home workers953± 313 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 Jensen Beach CDP

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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