ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12587152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port St. Lucie, Florida

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 commute29.6 min → 30.5 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 12.8%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 76.7%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.7% ±1.7 pp
Carpool7.9% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.8% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 104,063 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

7thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate232,491± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+104,063± 2,322 MOE
Workers with travel time90,775± 2,437 MOE
Estimated home workers13,288± 1,058 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.