What is the average commute in Galveston County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 481672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Galveston County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Galveston County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±1.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.7%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 Galveston County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 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 commute27.5 min → 27.9 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 11.7%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 77.2%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Galveston County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±1.2 pp

Carpool7.4% ±0.6 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.7% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 168,011 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Galveston County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

47^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

48^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Galveston County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 168,011 workers age 16+, including 148,287 workers with reported travel time and 19,724 home workers.

Population estimate358,990± — MOE

Workers age 16+168,011± 2,055 MOE

Workers with travel time148,287± 2,448 MOE

Estimated home workers19,724± 1,520 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 Galveston 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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