ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12700752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Surfside, Florida

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±8.4 min MOE
Worked from home24.9%±9.5 pp MOE
Drove alone58.2%±9.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.9%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 commute33.1 min → 32.4 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.0% → 24.9%▲ 10.0 pp

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

Public transit6.8% → 3.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.9% → 58.2%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.2% ±9.9 pp
Carpool6.2% ±4.1 pp
Public transit3.0% ±3.8 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±1.8 pp
Work from home24.9% ±9.5 pp

Each share uses 2,340 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.

86thMean commute percentile

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

89thWork-from-home percentile

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

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,631± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,340± 314 MOE
Workers with travel time1,757± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers583± 236 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.