ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12395502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lauderhill, Florida

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 commute29.9 min → 30.0 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 9.5%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit5.8% → 5.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 71.9%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.9% ±2.6 pp
Carpool10.7% ±1.9 pp
Public transit5.1% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 34,013 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate74,896± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+34,013± 1,282 MOE
Workers with travel time30,773± 1,329 MOE
Estimated home workers3,240± 560 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.