ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12400372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lely Resort, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 21.3% worked from home, 59.1% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±8.5 min MOE
Worked from home21.3%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone59.1%±16.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Lely Resort CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 24.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 21.3%▲ 11.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.1% → 59.1%▼ 27.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lely Resort CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 21.3% worked from home.

Drive alone59.1% ±16.4 pp
Carpool16.8% ±18.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home21.3% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 3,221 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lely Resort CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% 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.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lely Resort CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,221 workers age 16+, including 2,535 workers with reported travel time and 686 home workers.

Population estimate8,582± 1,017 MOE
Workers age 16+3,221± 561 MOE
Workers with travel time2,535± 540 MOE
Estimated home workers686± 219 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 Lely Resort 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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