What is the average commute in Lake Worth Beach city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lake Worth Beach city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 12390812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Worth Beach, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Lake Worth Beach city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 60.7% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home8.6%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone60.7%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.8%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 Worth Beach city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 26.8 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 8.6%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 3.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.8% → 60.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lake Worth Beach city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.7%; 3.8% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.

Drive alone60.7% ±3.6 pp

Carpool20.0% ±3.0 pp

Public transit3.8% ±1.3 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.6% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 20,462 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lake Worth Beach city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lake Worth Beach city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,462 workers age 16+, including 18,705 workers with reported travel time and 1,757 home workers.

Population estimate43,365± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+20,462± 1,140 MOE

Workers with travel time18,705± 1,117 MOE

Estimated home workers1,757± 346 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 Worth Beach 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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