What is the average commute in Palm River-Clair Mel CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Palm River-Clair Mel CDP, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 12543872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Palm River-Clair Mel CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.6 min one way; 16.8% worked from home, 68.2% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home16.8%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone68.2%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.5%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 River-Clair Mel CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.3 min → 30.6 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 16.8%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.6%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 68.2%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Palm River-Clair Mel CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.2%; 0.6% used public transit and 16.8% worked from home.

Drive alone68.2% ±4.1 pp

Carpool11.7% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home16.8% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 13,860 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Palm River-Clair Mel CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

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

76^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Palm River-Clair Mel CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,860 workers age 16+, including 11,533 workers with reported travel time and 2,327 home workers.

Population estimate27,844± 2,206 MOE

Workers age 16+13,860± 1,146 MOE

Workers with travel time11,533± 1,076 MOE

Estimated home workers2,327± 569 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 Palm River-Clair Mel CDP

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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