What is the average commute in Leesburg city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Leesburg city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 12398752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Leesburg, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Leesburg city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.1 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.1 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone71.6%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.9%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 Leesburg city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 26.1 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 11.7%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.6%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 71.6%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Leesburg city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±5.2 pp

Carpool9.9% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp

Work from home11.7% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 10,684 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Leesburg city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Leesburg city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,684 workers age 16+, including 9,430 workers with reported travel time and 1,254 home workers.

Population estimate30,807± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+10,684± 876 MOE

Workers with travel time9,430± 848 MOE

Estimated home workers1,254± 315 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 Leesburg 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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