ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12494752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Miami Beach, Florida

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.8%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 commute31.8 min → 30.1 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 11.6%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 6.5%▲ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 63.8%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.8% ±4.1 pp
Carpool11.6% ±2.5 pp
Public transit6.5% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.6% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 21,118 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate43,898± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+21,118± 1,042 MOE
Workers with travel time18,674± 1,106 MOE
Estimated home workers2,444± 575 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.