ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12542382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palmer Ranch, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home24.4%±6.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.9%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute25.7 min → 24.9 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.0% → 24.4%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 69.9%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.9% ±7.9 pp
Carpool4.1% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home24.4% ±6.3 pp

Each share uses 5,788 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,867± 1,257 MOE
Workers age 16+5,788± 773 MOE
Workers with travel time4,373± 727 MOE
Estimated home workers1,415± 413 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.