ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12404502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lighthouse Point, Florida

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 28.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 11.7%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 77.8%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.8% ±4.6 pp
Carpool6.2% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.7% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.7% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 5,121 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.

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,600± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+5,121± 438 MOE
Workers with travel time4,521± 439 MOE
Estimated home workers600± 176 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.