ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12390622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lakewood Park, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.8 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 84.3% drove alone, and 14.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.8 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone84.3%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.2%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 Lakewood Park CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.9 min → 33.8 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 7.5%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 84.3%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lakewood Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.3% ±4.1 pp
Carpool7.0% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 6,099 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lakewood Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% 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.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lakewood Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,099 workers age 16+, including 5,644 workers with reported travel time and 455 home workers.

Population estimate13,866± 1,159 MOE
Workers age 16+6,099± 688 MOE
Workers with travel time5,644± 657 MOE
Estimated home workers455± 142 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 Lakewood Park 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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