ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Castro County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.2 min one way; 3.2% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.2 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Castro County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.9 min → 15.2 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 3.2%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.7%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 68.1%▼ 11.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Castro County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 0.7% used public transit and 3.2% worked from home.

Drive alone68.1% ±5.5 pp
Carpool27.2% ±7.8 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.2% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 3,318 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Castro County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Castro County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,318 workers age 16+, including 3,211 workers with reported travel time and 107 home workers.

Population estimate7,344± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,318± 231 MOE
Workers with travel time3,211± 236 MOE
Estimated home workers107± 73 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 Castro 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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