What is the average commute in Dimmit County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 481272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dimmit County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Dimmit County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±9.8 min MOE

Worked from home5.6%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone73.7%±7.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.9%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 Dimmit County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 24.8 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 5.6%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.6% → 73.7%▼ 14.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dimmit County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.

Drive alone73.7% ±7.9 pp

Carpool10.9% ±7.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp

Walk8.1% ±7.8 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp

Work from home5.6% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 2,668 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dimmit County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

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

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% 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.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dimmit County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,668 workers age 16+, including 2,518 workers with reported travel time and 150 home workers.

Population estimate8,380± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,668± 407 MOE

Workers with travel time2,518± 405 MOE

Estimated home workers150± 126 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 Dimmit 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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