ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12513502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oldsmar, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 22.8% worked from home, 71.1% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.8%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Oldsmar city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 24.7 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 22.8%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 71.1%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oldsmar city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.8% worked from home.

Drive alone71.1% ±6.4 pp
Carpool4.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.8% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 7,541 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oldsmar city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oldsmar city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,541 workers age 16+, including 5,823 workers with reported travel time and 1,718 home workers.

Population estimate14,904± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+7,541± 451 MOE
Workers with travel time5,823± 550 MOE
Estimated home workers1,718± 415 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 Oldsmar 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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