ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12376482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Butler, Florida

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.1%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 commute27.7 min → 27.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.6% → 23.1%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 70.4%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±8.8 pp
Carpool3.6% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home23.1% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 8,044 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.

67thMean commute percentile

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

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% 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.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,125± 1,748 MOE
Workers age 16+8,044± 1,070 MOE
Workers with travel time6,189± 1,060 MOE
Estimated home workers1,855± 365 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.