What is the average commute in Lamb County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 482792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lamb County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Lamb County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.4 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.4 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home4.0%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone80.6%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.9%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 Lamb County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 16.4 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 4.0%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 80.6%▲ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lamb County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.

Drive alone80.6% ±2.9 pp

Carpool13.9% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home4.0% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 5,715 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lamb County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lamb County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,715 workers age 16+, including 5,489 workers with reported travel time and 226 home workers.

Population estimate12,828± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,715± 286 MOE

Workers with travel time5,489± 300 MOE

Estimated home workers226± 76 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 Lamb 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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