ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12542502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palmetto, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 72.4% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Palmetto city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 25.5 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 11.0%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.6% → 72.4%▲ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Palmetto city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.4% ±4.6 pp
Carpool12.9% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.0% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 5,668 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Palmetto city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Palmetto city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,668 workers age 16+, including 5,042 workers with reported travel time and 626 home workers.

Population estimate13,588± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+5,668± 423 MOE
Workers with travel time5,042± 422 MOE
Estimated home workers626± 241 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 Palmetto city

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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