ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 482532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jones County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±4.8 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 Jones County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 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 commute25.9 min → 25.8 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 5.3%▼ 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% → 77.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jones County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±4.8 pp
Carpool14.0% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.3% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 6,581 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jones County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jones County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,581 workers age 16+, including 6,230 workers with reported travel time and 351 home workers.

Population estimate20,304± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,581± 403 MOE
Workers with travel time6,230± 401 MOE
Estimated home workers351± 135 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 Jones 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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