ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12454652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County), Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 67.9% drove alone, and 6.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±2.1 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 Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County)'s published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 29.9 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 16.6%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 67.9%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County) residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone67.9% ±2.1 pp
Carpool12.6% ±5.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.6% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 10,613 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County) compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% 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.

51th60+ 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 Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County)'s commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,613 workers age 16+, including 8,848 workers with reported travel time and 1,765 home workers.

Population estimate21,317± 1,759 MOE
Workers age 16+10,613± 1,076 MOE
Workers with travel time8,848± 979 MOE
Estimated home workers1,765± 483 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 Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County)

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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