What is the average commute in Gaines County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 481652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gaines County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Gaines County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 3.0% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 17.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home3.0%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone73.2%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.1%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 Gaines County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 26.2 min▲ 6.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 3.0%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 73.2%▲ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gaines County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±4.8 pp

Carpool20.3% ±4.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home3.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 8,864 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gaines County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

8^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gaines County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,864 workers age 16+, including 8,598 workers with reported travel time and 266 home workers.

Population estimate22,232± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,864± 474 MOE

Workers with travel time8,598± 450 MOE

Estimated home workers266± 157 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 Gaines 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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