What is the average commute in Tyler County, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 484572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tyler County, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Tyler County, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.1 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 74.4% drove alone, and 23.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.6%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.4%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.3%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 Tyler County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.2 min → 34.1 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 8.6%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.5% → 74.4%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tyler County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.4%; 0.5% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.4% ±3.7 pp

Carpool14.1% ±3.5 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.6% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 6,628 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tyler County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tyler County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,628 workers age 16+, including 6,057 workers with reported travel time and 571 home workers.

Population estimate20,238± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,628± 361 MOE

Workers with travel time6,057± 388 MOE

Estimated home workers571± 232 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 Tyler 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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