ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bee County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 83.1% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±8.0 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 Bee County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute19.8 min → 21.5 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.3%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.1% → 83.1%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bee County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone83.1% ±8.0 pp
Carpool7.6% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk3.4% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.3% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 10,863 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bee County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

12thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bee County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,863 workers age 16+, including 10,288 workers with reported travel time and 575 home workers.

Population estimate31,083± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,863± 744 MOE
Workers with travel time10,288± 760 MOE
Estimated home workers575± 221 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 Bee 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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