Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480012024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Anderson County, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 82.2% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.1 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.2%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Anderson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Anderson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.2%; 0.9% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,729 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Anderson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Anderson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,729 workers age 16+, including 19,694 workers with reported travel time and 1,035 home workers.
Population estimate58,439± — MOE
Workers age 16+20,729± 816 MOE
Workers with travel time19,694± 846 MOE
Estimated home workers1,035± 286 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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for Anderson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.