ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12634252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Carlos Park, Florida

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.5%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 commute26.9 min → 27.8 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 10.2%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 76.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.5% ±4.2 pp
Carpool12.8% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.2% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 10,118 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.

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,159± 1,627 MOE
Workers age 16+10,118± 991 MOE
Workers with travel time9,088± 954 MOE
Estimated home workers1,030± 428 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.