ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 481432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Erath County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 Erath County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.4 min → 20.8 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 7.2%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 75.7%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Erath County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone75.7% ±2.6 pp
Carpool10.3% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.5 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 21,098 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Erath County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

16thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Erath County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 21,098 workers age 16+, including 19,578 workers with reported travel time and 1,520 home workers.

Population estimate43,794± — MOE
Workers age 16+21,098± 562 MOE
Workers with travel time19,578± 606 MOE
Estimated home workers1,520± 260 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 Erath 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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