What is the average commute in Royal Palm Beach village, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Royal Palm Beach village, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 12621002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Royal Palm Beach, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Royal Palm Beach village, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.7 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone77.1%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.2%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 Royal Palm Beach village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.2 min → 30.7 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 9.4%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 77.1%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Royal Palm Beach village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 2.7% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.1% ±2.5 pp

Carpool8.6% ±2.1 pp

Public transit2.7% ±2.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.4% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 20,608 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Royal Palm Beach village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Royal Palm Beach village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,608 workers age 16+, including 18,671 workers with reported travel time and 1,937 home workers.

Population estimate40,344± 37 MOE

Workers age 16+20,608± 933 MOE

Workers with travel time18,671± 1,005 MOE

Estimated home workers1,937± 415 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 Royal Palm Beach village

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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