ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12624252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Safety Harbor, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home26.7%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone63.6%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute24.7 min → 24.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.3% → 26.7%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 63.6%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.6% ±5.3 pp
Carpool7.2% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home26.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 8,441 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,033± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+8,441± 437 MOE
Workers with travel time6,190± 569 MOE
Estimated home workers2,251± 372 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.