What is the average commute in Comal County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 480912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Comal County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Comal County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.9 min one way; 18.7% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 11.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home18.7%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.3%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.5%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 Comal County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.2 min → 30.9 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.1% → 18.7%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 71.3%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Comal County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±1.7 pp

Carpool7.6% ±0.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home18.7% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 87,781 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Comal County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Comal County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 87,781 workers age 16+, including 71,351 workers with reported travel time and 16,430 home workers.

Population estimate183,826± — MOE

Workers age 16+87,781± 1,300 MOE

Workers with travel time71,351± 1,610 MOE

Estimated home workers16,430± 1,244 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 Comal 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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