ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12698122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sunset, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.4 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 16.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.2%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 Sunset CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 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 commute35.7 min → 34.4 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 13.0%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.8%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 74.7%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sunset CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 0.8% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±7.5 pp
Carpool9.1% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.8% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 7,097 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sunset CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sunset CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,097 workers age 16+, including 6,177 workers with reported travel time and 920 home workers.

Population estimate13,535± 1,164 MOE
Workers age 16+7,097± 830 MOE
Workers with travel time6,177± 861 MOE
Estimated home workers920± 248 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 Sunset 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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