What is the average commute in Blanco County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 480312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blanco County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Blanco County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.3 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 68.5% drove alone, and 12.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home15.7%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone68.5%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.4%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 Blanco 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 +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.6 min → 29.3 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 15.7%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 68.5%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blanco County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.

Drive alone68.5% ±4.0 pp

Carpool9.6% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk5.1% ±4.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home15.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,557 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blanco County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

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

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blanco County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,557 workers age 16+, including 4,683 workers with reported travel time and 874 home workers.

Population estimate12,446± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,557± 328 MOE

Workers with travel time4,683± 338 MOE

Estimated home workers874± 197 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 Blanco 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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