What is the average commute in Stephens County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 484292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stephens County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Stephens County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 3.7% worked from home, 75.1% drove alone, and 18.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±6.0 min MOE

Worked from home3.7%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.1%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip18.4%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 Stephens County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +7.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute20.7 min → 28.3 min▲ 7.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 3.7%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 75.1%▼ 8.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stephens County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.7% worked from home.

Drive alone75.1% ±4.6 pp

Carpool15.7% ±5.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.8% ±3.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home3.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,905 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stephens County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

12^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stephens County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,905 workers age 16+, including 3,761 workers with reported travel time and 144 home workers.

Population estimate9,351± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,905± 291 MOE

Workers with travel time3,761± 290 MOE

Estimated home workers144± 80 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 Stephens 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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