What is the average commute in Lighthouse Point city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lighthouse Point 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 3.3 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 12404502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lighthouse Point, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Lighthouse Point city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Lighthouse Point city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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 Lighthouse Point city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

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

How Lighthouse Point city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71^thMean commute percentile

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

50^thWork-from-home percentile

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

50^thTransit percentile

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

66^th60+ 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 Lighthouse Point city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,121 workers age 16+, including 4,521 workers with reported travel time and 600 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Florida commute records for Lighthouse Point 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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