ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12487502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Niceville, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute25.2 min → 25.0 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 10.2%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 77.5%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±3.5 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.2% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 7,709 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,544± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+7,709± 590 MOE
Workers with travel time6,921± 559 MOE
Estimated home workers788± 255 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.