ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12587002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port St. John, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 82.4% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone82.4%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Port St. John CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 27.9 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 9.7%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 82.4%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Port St. John CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone82.4% ±6.5 pp
Carpool5.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 12,195 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Port St. John CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Port St. John CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,195 workers age 16+, including 11,013 workers with reported travel time and 1,182 home workers.

Population estimate25,120± 2,347 MOE
Workers age 16+12,195± 1,684 MOE
Workers with travel time11,013± 1,625 MOE
Estimated home workers1,182± 321 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 Port St. John CDP

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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