ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12621002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Royal Palm Beach, Florida

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.2 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

81thMean commute percentile

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

25thWork-from-home percentile

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

78thTransit percentile

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

56th60+ 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 the shares

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.