ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12764812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Lealman, Florida

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 71.1% drove alone, and 10.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%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 West Lealman CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.7 min → 28.7 min▲ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 11.4%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 2.6%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 71.1%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How West Lealman CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.1%; 2.6% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone71.1% ±5.7 pp
Carpool7.2% ±2.8 pp
Public transit2.6% ±2.0 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle2.3% ±2.4 pp
Work from home11.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 6,180 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How West Lealman CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind West Lealman CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,180 workers age 16+, including 5,476 workers with reported travel time and 704 home workers.

Population estimate14,944± 1,112 MOE
Workers age 16+6,180± 649 MOE
Workers with travel time5,476± 644 MOE
Estimated home workers704± 168 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 West Lealman CDP

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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