ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12496002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Palm Beach, Florida

Mean one-way trip20.1 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home21.9%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 commute19.5 min → 20.1 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 21.9%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 71.6%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.6% ±4.9 pp
Carpool2.5% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.9% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 5,684 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,238± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+5,684± 473 MOE
Workers with travel time4,439± 421 MOE
Estimated home workers1,245± 257 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.