What is the average commute in Longwood city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 12412502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Longwood, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Longwood city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 72.4% drove alone, and 6.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.9%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone72.4%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.7%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 Longwood 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 +9.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 25.7 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 17.9%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 72.4%▼ 12.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Longwood city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone72.4% ±5.4 pp

Carpool5.3% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.6% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home17.9% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 8,173 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Longwood city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k 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 under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Longwood city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,173 workers age 16+, including 6,712 workers with reported travel time and 1,461 home workers.

Population estimate16,337± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+8,173± 478 MOE

Workers with travel time6,712± 518 MOE

Estimated home workers1,461± 344 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 Longwood 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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