ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12742002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vero Beach South, Florida

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.3%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute20.2 min → 21.4 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 11.3%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 74.8%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±8.6 pp
Carpool12.8% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.3% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 13,473 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,344± 1,835 MOE
Workers age 16+13,473± 1,101 MOE
Workers with travel time11,956± 918 MOE
Estimated home workers1,517± 404 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.