What is the average commute in Opa-locka city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Opa-locka city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 12516502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Opa-locka, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Opa-locka city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.7 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 67.4% drove alone, and 14.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.7 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home6.9%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone67.4%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.1%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 Opa-locka city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.6 min → 31.7 min▲ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.0% → 6.9%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 8.5%▲ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 67.4%▼ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Opa-locka city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.4%; 8.5% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone67.4% ±4.4 pp

Carpool10.6% ±3.8 pp

Public transit8.5% ±3.3 pp

Walk2.8% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle2.1% ±2.0 pp

Work from home6.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 6,563 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Opa-locka city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Opa-locka city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,563 workers age 16+, including 6,108 workers with reported travel time and 455 home workers.

Population estimate16,282± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+6,563± 573 MOE

Workers with travel time6,108± 585 MOE

Estimated home workers455± 184 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 Opa-locka 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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