ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12540252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palm Beach, Florida

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home40.0%±10.8 pp MOE
Drove alone44.3%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 commute24.1 min → 23.5 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home33.5% → 40.0%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.1% → 44.3%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone44.3% ±7.5 pp
Carpool2.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk7.1% ±3.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home40.0% ±10.8 pp

Each share uses 2,900 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.

41thMean commute percentile

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

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,348± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+2,900± 357 MOE
Workers with travel time1,741± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers1,159± 345 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.