ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12518252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange City, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 14.4% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.7%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 Orange City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.3 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 → 26.3 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 14.4%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 74.7%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Orange City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 14.4% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±6.9 pp
Carpool8.6% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.4% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 6,486 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Orange City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Orange City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,486 workers age 16+, including 5,550 workers with reported travel time and 936 home workers.

Population estimate14,372± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+6,486± 702 MOE
Workers with travel time5,550± 740 MOE
Estimated home workers936± 248 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 Orange City 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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