What is the average commute in Limestone County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 482932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Limestone County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Limestone County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 82.8% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone82.8%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.0%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 Limestone County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 28.9 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 6.7%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 82.8%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Limestone County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone82.8% ±3.0 pp

Carpool7.3% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk2.8% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 8,451 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Limestone County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Limestone County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,451 workers age 16+, including 7,884 workers with reported travel time and 567 home workers.

Population estimate22,283± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,451± 400 MOE

Workers with travel time7,884± 413 MOE

Estimated home workers567± 191 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 Limestone 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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