What is the average commute in Moore County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 483412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Moore County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Moore County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 1.5% worked from home, 82.1% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home1.5%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone82.1%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Moore County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.8 min → 17.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.6% → 1.5%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 82.1%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Moore County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.1%; 0.3% used public transit and 1.5% worked from home.

Drive alone82.1% ±3.8 pp

Carpool11.2% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk4.8% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home1.5% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 9,710 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Moore County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Moore County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,710 workers age 16+, including 9,560 workers with reported travel time and 150 home workers.

Population estimate21,373± — MOE

Workers age 16+9,710± 518 MOE

Workers with travel time9,560± 532 MOE

Estimated home workers150± 91 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 Moore 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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