ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12560042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pensacola Station, Florida

Mean one-way trip9.7 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone25.7%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 commute8.7 min → 9.7 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.5% → 7.7%▼ 15.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.8%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone14.5% → 25.7%▲ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone25.7% ±7.6 pp
Carpool2.8% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp
Walk61.3% ±9.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,542 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.

0thMean commute percentile

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

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

0th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,281± 298 MOE
Workers age 16+4,542± 233 MOE
Workers with travel time4,193± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers349± 154 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.