ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bandera County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.0 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 28.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.0 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.4%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 Bandera County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 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.

Mean commute39.6 min → 41.0 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 9.5%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 79.5%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bandera County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±4.1 pp
Carpool7.8% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 9,309 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bandera County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bandera County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,309 workers age 16+, including 8,425 workers with reported travel time and 884 home workers.

Population estimate22,021± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,309± 564 MOE
Workers with travel time8,425± 514 MOE
Estimated home workers884± 232 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

Comparable Texas commute records for Bandera County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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