ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12630002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Petersburg, Florida

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 commute23.6 min → 25.6 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 21.1%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 65.2%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.2% ±0.9 pp
Carpool7.6% ±0.8 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home21.1% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 137,249 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate262,732± 89 MOE
Workers age 16+137,249± 2,103 MOE
Workers with travel time108,270± 1,915 MOE
Estimated home workers28,979± 1,318 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.