What is the average commute in Bexar County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bexar County, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bexar County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Bexar County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 14.6% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±0.3 min MOE

Worked from home14.6%±0.4 pp MOE

Drove alone68.4%±0.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.0%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 Bexar County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 25.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 14.6%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 68.4%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bexar County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 1.6% used public transit and 14.6% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±0.6 pp

Carpool11.7% ±0.4 pp

Public transit1.6% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.8% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home14.6% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 987,158 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bexar County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

30^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

46^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

37^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bexar County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 987,158 workers age 16+, including 842,615 workers with reported travel time and 144,543 home workers.

Population estimate2,067,341± — MOE

Workers age 16+987,158± 5,431 MOE

Workers with travel time842,615± 6,737 MOE

Estimated home workers144,543± 4,187 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 Bexar 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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