ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12762902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westgate, Florida

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home3.7%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±19.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute22.4 min → 20.4 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 3.7%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit4.8% → 4.6%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.0% → 74.2%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±19.9 pp
Carpool12.7% ±6.2 pp
Public transit4.6% ±4.2 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle2.1% ±3.3 pp
Work from home3.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,034 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,151± 1,345 MOE
Workers age 16+4,034± 767 MOE
Workers with travel time3,886± 777 MOE
Estimated home workers148± 112 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.