What is the average commute in Palmetto Estates CDP, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Palmetto Estates CDP, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 12543002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palmetto Estates, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Palmetto Estates CDP, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.4 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 80.4% drove alone, and 17.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±7.5 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone80.4%±10.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.5%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 Palmetto Estates CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.4 min → 34.4 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.6% → 4.5%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 2.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.7% → 80.4%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Palmetto Estates CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.4%; 2.1% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.4% ±10.1 pp

Carpool10.4% ±2.9 pp

Public transit2.1% ±1.3 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 7,510 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Palmetto Estates CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Palmetto Estates CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,510 workers age 16+, including 7,169 workers with reported travel time and 341 home workers.

Population estimate16,129± 2,179 MOE

Workers age 16+7,510± 1,141 MOE

Workers with travel time7,169± 1,148 MOE

Estimated home workers341± 144 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 Estates 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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