ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 484592024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Upshur County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 Upshur County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 30.2 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 7.8%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 79.4%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Upshur County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±2.0 pp
Carpool11.5% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.8% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 17,337 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Upshur County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

17thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Upshur County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,337 workers age 16+, including 15,989 workers with reported travel time and 1,348 home workers.

Population estimate42,567± — MOE
Workers age 16+17,337± 657 MOE
Workers with travel time15,989± 700 MOE
Estimated home workers1,348± 308 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 Upshur 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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