ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12664252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sky Lake, Florida

Mean one-way trip36.0 min±18.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.1%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 commute36.3 min → 36.0 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 7.5%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 1.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 74.3%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±8.6 pp
Carpool14.9% ±9.1 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±1.2 pp
Work from home7.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,462 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,116± 1,724 MOE
Workers age 16+3,462± 598 MOE
Workers with travel time3,202± 589 MOE
Estimated home workers260± 139 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.