ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TX · GEOID 484652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Val Verde County, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 73.5% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Val Verde 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 +3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.9 min → 19.1 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 5.8%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 73.5%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Val Verde County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone73.5% ±3.9 pp
Carpool15.4% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home5.8% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 20,267 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Val Verde County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

24thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Val Verde County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,267 workers age 16+, including 19,088 workers with reported travel time and 1,179 home workers.

Population estimate47,741± — MOE
Workers age 16+20,267± 708 MOE
Workers with travel time19,088± 791 MOE
Estimated home workers1,179± 377 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 Val Verde 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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