ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12569752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pinellas Park, Florida

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 22.5 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 13.2%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.0%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 75.3%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.7% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 26,042 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate53,560± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+26,042± 991 MOE
Workers with travel time22,614± 1,066 MOE
Estimated home workers3,428± 553 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.