What is the average commute in Real County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 12.2 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 483852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Real County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Real County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 24.4% worked from home, 48.7% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Real County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +8.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.2 percentage points.

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 Real County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 48.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 24.4% worked from home.

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

How Real County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48^thMean commute percentile

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

100^thWork-from-home percentile

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

78^thTransit percentile

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

64^th60+ 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 Real County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 725 workers age 16+, including 548 workers with reported travel time and 177 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Texas commute records for Real 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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