ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12585752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Orange, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 commute23.8 min → 25.9 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 11.8%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 77.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.8% ±3.3 pp
Carpool7.1% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.8% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 29,604 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate64,767± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+29,604± 1,180 MOE
Workers with travel time26,100± 1,181 MOE
Estimated home workers3,504± 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.