What is the average commute in Bosque County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 480352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bosque County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Bosque County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 13.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home9.7%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.4%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.1%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 Bosque County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 28.8 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 9.7%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 79.4%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bosque County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±2.8 pp

Carpool8.6% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 7,471 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bosque County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

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

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bosque County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,471 workers age 16+, including 6,743 workers with reported travel time and 728 home workers.

Population estimate18,687± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,471± 360 MOE

Workers with travel time6,743± 360 MOE

Estimated home workers728± 154 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 Bosque 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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