What is the average commute in Okeechobee city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 12512002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Okeechobee, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Okeechobee city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 2.8% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 19.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Okeechobee city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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 Okeechobee city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 6.8% used public transit and 2.8% worked from home.

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

How Okeechobee city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

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

4^thWork-from-home percentile

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

94^thTransit percentile

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

94^th60+ 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 Okeechobee city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,448 workers age 16+, including 2,380 workers with reported travel time and 68 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Florida commute records for Okeechobee 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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