ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12758122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wellington, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.1 min one way; 20.2% worked from home, 68.8% drove alone, and 12.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home20.2%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.8%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 Wellington village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 32.1 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.6% → 20.2%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 68.8%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wellington village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 20.2% worked from home.

Drive alone68.8% ±2.9 pp
Carpool7.4% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home20.2% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 29,031 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wellington village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83th60+ 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 Wellington village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 29,031 workers age 16+, including 23,160 workers with reported travel time and 5,871 home workers.

Population estimate62,146± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+29,031± 1,196 MOE
Workers with travel time23,160± 1,160 MOE
Estimated home workers5,871± 690 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 Wellington village

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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