ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12375252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Alfred, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.9 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 68.0% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.9 min±8.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±10.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.2%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 Lake Alfred city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -7.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 31.9 min▲ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.1% → 12.9%▼ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.3% → 68.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lake Alfred city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone68.0% ±10.9 pp
Carpool11.4% ±7.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.2% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle2.6% ±3.6 pp
Work from home12.9% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 3,450 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lake Alfred city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% 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.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lake Alfred city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,450 workers age 16+, including 3,006 workers with reported travel time and 444 home workers.

Population estimate7,277± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+3,450± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time3,006± 428 MOE
Estimated home workers444± 231 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 Lake Alfred 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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