ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · FL · GEOID 12783002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winter Park, Florida

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home30.0%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone62.6%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute24.1 min → 22.0 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 30.0%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.6%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 62.6%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.6% ±4.1 pp
Carpool3.2% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home30.0% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 13,608 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,274± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+13,608± 658 MOE
Workers with travel time9,519± 719 MOE
Estimated home workers4,089± 595 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.