What is the average commute in Plantation city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 12574252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plantation, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Plantation city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.6 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 69.5% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.6 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home17.8%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone69.5%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.1%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 Plantation city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 27.6 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 17.8%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 69.5%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Plantation city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.5%; 1.1% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

Drive alone69.5% ±2.8 pp

Carpool8.4% ±2.0 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp

Work from home17.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 51,044 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Plantation city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Plantation city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 51,044 workers age 16+, including 41,938 workers with reported travel time and 9,106 home workers.

Population estimate96,293± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+51,044± 1,704 MOE

Workers with travel time41,938± 1,741 MOE

Estimated home workers9,106± 831 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 Plantation 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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