What is the average commute in Frio County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 481632024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Frio County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Frio County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 1.7% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home1.7%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.2%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 Frio County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.6 min → 19.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 1.7%▼ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.7%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 79.5%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Frio County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 1.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±5.3 pp

Carpool12.8% ±4.8 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home1.7% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 6,995 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Frio County compares with similar-size countys

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

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

21^thMean commute percentile

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

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Frio County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,995 workers age 16+, including 6,876 workers with reported travel time and 119 home workers.

Population estimate18,582± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,995± 625 MOE

Workers with travel time6,876± 602 MOE

Estimated home workers119± 108 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 Frio 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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