What is the average commute in Deaf Smith County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 481172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deaf Smith County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Deaf Smith County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.6 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home2.5%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone76.2%±5.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Deaf Smith County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 16.6 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 2.5%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 76.2%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Deaf Smith County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.

Drive alone76.2% ±5.7 pp

Carpool16.2% ±5.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home2.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 8,331 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Deaf Smith County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

5^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% 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.

17^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Deaf Smith County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,331 workers age 16+, including 8,119 workers with reported travel time and 212 home workers.

Population estimate18,460± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,331± 391 MOE

Workers with travel time8,119± 409 MOE

Estimated home workers212± 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 Deaf Smith 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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