ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12547002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Panama City, Florida

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 21.4 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 10.9%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 72.6%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.6% ±2.4 pp
Carpool13.6% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 16,748 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.

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate34,979± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+16,748± 847 MOE
Workers with travel time14,920± 770 MOE
Estimated home workers1,828± 460 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.