ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12782752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winter Haven, Florida

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute27.7 min → 28.4 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 9.7%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 80.2%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.2% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 24,121 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate55,200± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+24,121± 1,202 MOE
Workers with travel time21,780± 1,134 MOE
Estimated home workers2,341± 511 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.