What is the average commute in South Bay city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 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 12671752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Bay, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for South Bay city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.7 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 23.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±10.7 min MOE

Worked from home4.4%±5.6 pp MOE

Drove alone70.2%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.8%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 South Bay city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.7 min → 32.7 min▲ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 4.4%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit7.8% → 3.7%▼ 4.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 70.2%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How South Bay city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 3.7% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.2% ±4.7 pp

Carpool17.8% ±9.7 pp

Public transit3.7% ±3.9 pp

Walk1.6% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±1.3 pp

Work from home4.4% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 1,172 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How South Bay city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind South Bay city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,172 workers age 16+, including 1,120 workers with reported travel time and 52 home workers.

Population estimate5,102± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+1,172± 238 MOE

Workers with travel time1,120± 234 MOE

Estimated home workers52± 66 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 South Bay 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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