ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 483772024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Presidio County, Texas

Mean one-way trip9.1 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone65.5%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 9.1 min▼ 12.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 7.6%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.8% → 65.5%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.5% ±10.3 pp
Carpool7.0% ±6.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk9.3% ±6.6 pp
Bicycle6.3% ±4.7 pp
Work from home7.6% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 2,400 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% 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.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,930± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,400± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time2,217± 302 MOE
Estimated home workers183± 112 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.