What is the average commute in Lakewood Ranch CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lakewood Ranch CDP, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 31.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 12390672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Lakewood Ranch CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 31.6% worked from home, 57.8% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home31.6%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone57.8%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Ranch CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 27.9 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.1% → 31.6%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.3% → 57.8%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lakewood Ranch CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 31.6% worked from home.

Drive alone57.8% ±3.5 pp

Carpool6.1% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.0% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home31.6% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 18,428 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lakewood Ranch CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lakewood Ranch CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,428 workers age 16+, including 12,604 workers with reported travel time and 5,824 home workers.

Population estimate43,945± 3,088 MOE

Workers age 16+18,428± 1,370 MOE

Workers with travel time12,604± 1,160 MOE

Estimated home workers5,824± 954 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 Ranch 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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