What is the average commute in Ocala city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ocala city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 12507502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ocala, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Ocala city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home11.8%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Ocala city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 19.2 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 11.8%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 77.2%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ocala city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±2.2 pp

Carpool7.6% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.8% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 27,977 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ocala city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ocala city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 27,977 workers age 16+, including 24,676 workers with reported travel time and 3,301 home workers.

Population estimate66,584± 82 MOE

Workers age 16+27,977± 1,214 MOE

Workers with travel time24,676± 1,171 MOE

Estimated home workers3,301± 582 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 Ocala city

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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