What is the average commute in Alamo city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Alamo city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48015762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Alamo, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Alamo city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.7%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 Alamo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 24.0 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 6.7%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.4% → 78.7%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Alamo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±5.2 pp

Carpool11.8% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.6% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.7% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 6,501 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Alamo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Alamo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,501 workers age 16+, including 6,064 workers with reported travel time and 437 home workers.

Population estimate20,255± 31 MOE

Workers age 16+6,501± 617 MOE

Workers with travel time6,064± 613 MOE

Estimated home workers437± 189 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 Alamo city

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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