ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 484172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shackelford County, Texas

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute22.2 min → 23.5 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 9.7%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 78.6%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±5.1 pp
Carpool9.1% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home9.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 1,579 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% 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.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,175± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,579± 153 MOE
Workers with travel time1,426± 137 MOE
Estimated home workers153± 68 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.