ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12766752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Pensacola, Florida

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone66.7%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 commute23.6 min → 24.9 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 8.0%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit5.7% → 5.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.7% → 66.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.7% ±3.2 pp
Carpool14.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit5.5% ±4.6 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±1.8 pp
Work from home8.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 8,727 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,665± 1,654 MOE
Workers age 16+8,727± 814 MOE
Workers with travel time8,031± 792 MOE
Estimated home workers696± 281 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.