ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12692502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sun City Center, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.5 min one way; 28.9% worked from home, 63.7% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.5 min±8.3 min MOE
Worked from home28.9%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone63.7%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.7%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 Sun City Center CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.6 min → 33.5 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.1% → 28.9%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.5% → 63.7%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sun City Center CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 28.9% worked from home.

Drive alone63.7% ±5.2 pp
Carpool3.3% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home28.9% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 9,513 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sun City Center CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sun City Center CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,513 workers age 16+, including 6,761 workers with reported travel time and 2,752 home workers.

Population estimate33,548± 2,579 MOE
Workers age 16+9,513± 1,267 MOE
Workers with travel time6,761± 1,020 MOE
Estimated home workers2,752± 692 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 Sun City Center CDP

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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