ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12540752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home19.9%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 commute24.3 min → 22.9 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.7% → 19.9%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 69.4%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.9% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.9% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 28,070 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.

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate60,959± 78 MOE
Workers age 16+28,070± 1,206 MOE
Workers with travel time22,497± 1,147 MOE
Estimated home workers5,573± 637 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.