ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 483332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mills County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 76.6% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.6%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 Mills County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.1 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 commute19.8 min → 25.0 min▲ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 6.7%▲ 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% → 76.6%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mills County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone76.6% ±6.4 pp
Carpool14.2% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home6.7% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 1,988 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mills County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% 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.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mills County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,988 workers age 16+, including 1,854 workers with reported travel time and 134 home workers.

Population estimate4,511± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,988± 195 MOE
Workers with travel time1,854± 189 MOE
Estimated home workers134± 47 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 Mills 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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