ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 481412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

El Paso County, Texas

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute24.0 min → 24.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 8.8%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 75.0%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.0% ±0.8 pp
Carpool12.0% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.6% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.8% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 386,774 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate870,779± — MOE
Workers age 16+386,774± 3,618 MOE
Workers with travel time352,645± 4,098 MOE
Estimated home workers34,129± 2,257 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.