ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12431252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Margate, Florida

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 30.7 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 10.5%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 2.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 71.5%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.5% ±1.6 pp
Carpool10.8% ±2.7 pp
Public transit2.5% ±2.3 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home10.5% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 29,912 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate59,198± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+29,912± 1,297 MOE
Workers with travel time26,779± 1,332 MOE
Estimated home workers3,133± 462 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.