ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 484532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Travis County, Texas

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home30.2%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone57.0%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 25.2 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.6% → 30.2%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.8% → 57.0%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.0% ±0.7 pp
Carpool6.9% ±0.4 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.1 pp
Work from home30.2% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 751,869 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate1,330,015± — MOE
Workers age 16+751,869± 4,623 MOE
Workers with travel time524,845± 6,175 MOE
Estimated home workers227,024± 5,190 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.