Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12540752024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 19.9% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Palm Beach Gardens city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Palm Beach Gardens city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 19.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 28,070 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Palm Beach Gardens city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Palm Beach Gardens city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 28,070 workers age 16+, including 22,497 workers with reported travel time and 5,573 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Florida reports →Comparable Florida commute records for Palm Beach Gardens city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.