ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 483852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Real County, Texas

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±15.1 min MOE
Worked from home24.4%±12.2 pp MOE
Drove alone48.7%±15.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute15.6 min → 24.1 min▲ 8.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 24.4%▲ 13.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 48.7%▼ 29.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.7% ±15.7 pp
Carpool26.5% ±20.3 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±2.1 pp
Work from home24.4% ±12.2 pp

Each share uses 725 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

100thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate2,802± — MOE
Workers age 16+725± 182 MOE
Workers with travel time548± 177 MOE
Estimated home workers177± 99 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.