ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12512002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Okeechobee, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home2.8%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±9.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.6%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 commute21.5 min → 25.6 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 2.8%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit8.2% → 6.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 78.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±9.2 pp
Carpool5.7% ±4.2 pp
Public transit6.8% ±4.6 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle4.5% ±6.3 pp
Work from home2.8% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 2,448 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,479± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+2,448± 326 MOE
Workers with travel time2,380± 318 MOE
Estimated home workers68± 59 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.