ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 481272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dimmit County, Texas

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

53thMean commute percentile

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

32thWork-from-home percentile

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

79th60+ 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 the shares

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.