ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12485252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Port Richey East, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±13.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 commute27.7 min → 24.8 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 10.9%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 72.0%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.0% ±13.3 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.9% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 4,735 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,939± 1,155 MOE
Workers age 16+4,735± 638 MOE
Workers with travel time4,221± 556 MOE
Estimated home workers514± 271 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.