ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12384252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Mary, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home26.5%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone62.9%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute25.1 min → 24.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.9% → 26.5%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 62.9%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.9% ±5.8 pp
Carpool7.2% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home26.5% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 9,175 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% 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.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,860± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+9,175± 517 MOE
Workers with travel time6,741± 572 MOE
Estimated home workers2,434± 489 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.