Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 484232024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Smith County, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.1 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Smith County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Smith County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 110,174 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Smith County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Smith County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 110,174 workers age 16+, including 99,984 workers with reported travel time and 10,190 home workers.
Population estimate241,740± — MOE
Workers age 16+110,174± 1,790 MOE
Workers with travel time99,984± 2,019 MOE
Estimated home workers10,190± 1,017 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
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for Smith County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.