ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 483872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Red River County, Texas

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.5%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 commute27.5 min → 30.7 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 10.6%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 74.0%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.0% ±4.4 pp
Carpool11.4% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home10.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,567 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,611± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,567± 271 MOE
Workers with travel time4,083± 286 MOE
Estimated home workers484± 172 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.