ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12561502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Perry, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.2 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±8.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±10.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 Perry city'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 +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.1 min → 16.2 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 11.5%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 66.3%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Perry city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.3% ±10.0 pp
Carpool15.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.7% ±4.4 pp
Bicycle2.8% ±3.3 pp
Work from home11.5% ±8.6 pp

Each share uses 2,918 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Perry city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Perry city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,918 workers age 16+, including 2,582 workers with reported travel time and 336 home workers.

Population estimate7,068± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+2,918± 300 MOE
Workers with travel time2,582± 350 MOE
Estimated home workers336± 254 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 Perry 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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