ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12703452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sweetwater, Florida

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 29.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 8.2%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 2.3%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.6% → 80.6%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±5.3 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.2 pp
Public transit2.3% ±2.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.2% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 10,033 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,085± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+10,033± 690 MOE
Workers with travel time9,212± 717 MOE
Estimated home workers821± 271 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.