ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12430002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marathon, Florida

Mean one-way trip13.7 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone63.4%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute13.8 min → 13.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 13.7%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.2% → 63.4%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.4% ±5.7 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk9.2% ±5.0 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.1 pp
Work from home13.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 4,966 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% 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.

34th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,914± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+4,966± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time4,284± 341 MOE
Estimated home workers682± 181 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.