ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brewster County, Texas

Mean one-way trip14.3 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone65.6%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.6 min → 14.3 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 7.6%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 65.6%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.6% ±7.8 pp
Carpool16.7% ±8.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk5.1% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home7.6% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 4,653 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% 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.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,503± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,653± 296 MOE
Workers with travel time4,298± 324 MOE
Estimated home workers355± 149 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.