ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12589752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Princeton, Florida

Mean one-way trip40.5 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.2%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 commute43.0 min → 40.5 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 14.2%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 2.8%▲ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 68.5%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±5.1 pp
Carpool12.2% ±3.1 pp
Public transit2.8% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home14.2% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 20,930 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

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

79thTransit percentile

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

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate42,625± 2,462 MOE
Workers age 16+20,930± 1,431 MOE
Workers with travel time17,961± 1,328 MOE
Estimated home workers2,969± 918 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.