ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12547252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Panama City Beach, Florida

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute21.9 min → 20.7 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 13.2%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.1%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 73.0%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±5.7 pp
Carpool8.2% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.2% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 10,262 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 under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,971± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+10,262± 642 MOE
Workers with travel time8,910± 779 MOE
Estimated home workers1,352± 345 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.