ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12450002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Miami, Florida

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone59.3%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 → 27.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 16.0%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit7.5% → 7.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.9% → 59.3%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.3% ±1.0 pp
Carpool8.3% ±0.6 pp
Public transit7.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk5.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.0% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 245,180 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate459,745± 138 MOE
Workers age 16+245,180± 3,759 MOE
Workers with travel time205,884± 3,336 MOE
Estimated home workers39,296± 2,213 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.