What is the average commute in Madison 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 Madison County, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 483132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Madison County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Madison County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 11.3% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 15.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±6.7 min MOE

Worked from home11.3%±4.4 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.0%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 Madison County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 28.9 min▲ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 11.3%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 75.3%▲ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Madison County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 11.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±4.0 pp

Carpool9.8% ±3.1 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.5 pp

Walk1.7% ±4.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.3% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 5,122 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Madison 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.

84^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Madison County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,122 workers age 16+, including 4,542 workers with reported travel time and 580 home workers.

Population estimate13,648± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,122± 594 MOE

Workers with travel time4,542± 589 MOE

Estimated home workers580± 234 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 Madison 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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