ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12575502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plant City, Florida

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 28.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 10.7%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 74.5%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.5% ±3.2 pp
Carpool10.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.7% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 19,900 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate40,887± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+19,900± 963 MOE
Workers with travel time17,763± 922 MOE
Estimated home workers2,137± 393 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.