ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12636502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sanford, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute25.4 min → 25.0 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 19.5%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 66.6%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.6% ±2.8 pp
Carpool9.5% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home19.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 32,658 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate63,730± 85 MOE
Workers age 16+32,658± 1,251 MOE
Workers with travel time26,292± 1,207 MOE
Estimated home workers6,366± 695 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.