What is the average commute in Marathon city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 12430002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marathon, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Marathon city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.7 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 63.4% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Marathon city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

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 Marathon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

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

How Marathon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

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

60^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ 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 Marathon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,966 workers age 16+, including 4,284 workers with reported travel time and 682 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Florida commute records for Marathon 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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