ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12695552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sunny Isles Beach, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.0 min one way; 23.9% worked from home, 61.1% drove alone, and 16.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home23.9%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone61.1%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.6%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 Sunny Isles Beach city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.0 min → 33.0 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 23.9%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 3.3%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.7% → 61.1%▼ 12.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sunny Isles Beach city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.1%; 3.3% used public transit and 23.9% worked from home.

Drive alone61.1% ±6.6 pp
Carpool5.3% ±2.0 pp
Public transit3.3% ±1.3 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home23.9% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 9,725 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sunny Isles Beach city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

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

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sunny Isles Beach city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,725 workers age 16+, including 7,399 workers with reported travel time and 2,326 home workers.

Population estimate22,437± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+9,725± 626 MOE
Workers with travel time7,399± 621 MOE
Estimated home workers2,326± 444 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 Sunny Isles Beach 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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