ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12766582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Park, Florida

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 32.7 min▲ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 7.6%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 2.9%▼ 4.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 75.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.0% ±7.1 pp
Carpool10.1% ±4.6 pp
Public transit2.9% ±2.4 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.6% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 7,455 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,249± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+7,455± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time6,888± 649 MOE
Estimated home workers567± 217 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.