ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 480792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cochran County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 Cochran County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 24.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 4.6%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 71.7%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cochran County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.7% ±6.4 pp
Carpool19.4% ±6.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.4 pp
Walk3.4% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home4.6% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 1,062 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cochran County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% 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.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cochran County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,062 workers age 16+, including 1,013 workers with reported travel time and 49 home workers.

Population estimate2,550± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,062± 104 MOE
Workers with travel time1,013± 108 MOE
Estimated home workers49± 36 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 Cochran 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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