ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 484552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Trinity County, Texas

Mean one-way trip38.6 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone82.7%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.5%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 commute35.7 min → 38.6 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 8.0%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.2% → 82.7%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.7% ±1.9 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,154 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% 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.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,046± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,154± 443 MOE
Workers with travel time4,744± 397 MOE
Estimated home workers410± 161 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.