What is the average commute in Sanibel city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sanibel city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 31.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.6 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 12637002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sanibel, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Sanibel city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 31.1% worked from home, 50.4% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±8.4 min MOE

Worked from home31.1%±9.6 pp MOE

Drove alone50.4%±7.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 Sanibel city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.1 min → 21.4 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home27.9% → 31.1%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.2% → 50.4%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sanibel city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 31.1% worked from home.

Drive alone50.4% ±7.4 pp

Carpool8.0% ±5.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.7 pp

Walk7.4% ±10.0 pp

Bicycle2.4% ±2.9 pp

Work from home31.1% ±9.6 pp

Each share uses 1,949 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sanibel city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sanibel city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,949 workers age 16+, including 1,343 workers with reported travel time and 606 home workers.

Population estimate6,418± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+1,949± 408 MOE

Workers with travel time1,343± 375 MOE

Estimated home workers606± 226 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 Sanibel city

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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