What is the average commute in North Merritt Island CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in North Merritt Island CDP, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · FL · GEOID 12494352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Merritt Island, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for North Merritt Island CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 17.7% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±7.4 min MOE

Worked from home17.7%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone72.5%±8.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 North Merritt Island CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 28.5 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 17.7%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.4% → 72.5%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Merritt Island CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.7% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±8.3 pp

Carpool8.5% ±4.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home17.7% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 3,886 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Merritt Island CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Merritt Island CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,886 workers age 16+, including 3,198 workers with reported travel time and 688 home workers.

Population estimate9,025± 924 MOE

Workers age 16+3,886± 508 MOE

Workers with travel time3,198± 524 MOE

Estimated home workers688± 215 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 North Merritt Island CDP

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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