Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12765002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
West Melbourne, Florida
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 17.7% worked from home, 74.0% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home17.7%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±3.9 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 West Melbourne city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How West Melbourne city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,635 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How West Melbourne city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind West Melbourne city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,635 workers age 16+, including 11,221 workers with reported travel time and 2,414 home workers.
Population estimate28,795± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+13,635± 936 MOE
Workers with travel time11,221± 914 MOE
Estimated home workers2,414± 421 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
All Florida reports →Comparable Florida commute records for West Melbourne city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.