What is the average commute in Tamarac city, Florida?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Tamarac city, Florida work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · FL · GEOID 12706752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tamarac, Florida

Name: Commute estimates for Tamarac city, Florida
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.4 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 12.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.4 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home11.9%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone74.7%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.5%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 Tamarac city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 31.4 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 11.9%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 2.1%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 74.7%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tamarac city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 2.1% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±2.4 pp

Carpool9.5% ±2.0 pp

Public transit2.1% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.9% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 35,689 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tamarac city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tamarac city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 35,689 workers age 16+, including 31,459 workers with reported travel time and 4,230 home workers.

Population estimate73,019± 125 MOE

Workers age 16+35,689± 1,411 MOE

Workers with travel time31,459± 1,267 MOE

Estimated home workers4,230± 665 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 Tamarac 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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