What is the average commute in Parkland city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Parkland city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 29.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.7 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 12551252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parkland, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Parkland city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.5 min one way; 29.5% worked from home, 53.8% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.5 min±6.0 min MOE

Worked from home29.5%±6.7 pp MOE

Drove alone53.8%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.9%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 Parkland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.3 min → 32.5 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.3% → 29.5%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.1% → 53.8%▼ 15.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Parkland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 29.5% worked from home.

Drive alone53.8% ±3.8 pp

Carpool14.6% ±5.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±1.5 pp

Work from home29.5% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 18,034 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Parkland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Parkland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,034 workers age 16+, including 12,713 workers with reported travel time and 5,321 home workers.

Population estimate37,178± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+18,034± 1,252 MOE

Workers with travel time12,713± 1,542 MOE

Estimated home workers5,321± 1,261 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 Parkland 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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