ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12782502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winter Garden, Florida

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 commute28.9 min → 27.3 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 21.2%▲ 11.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 66.6%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.6% ±3.5 pp
Carpool7.4% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home21.2% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 23,477 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.

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate47,872± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+23,477± 1,244 MOE
Workers with travel time18,509± 1,319 MOE
Estimated home workers4,968± 617 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.