ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48017442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aledo, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 17.3% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.3%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±9.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Aledo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 29.1 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.1% → 17.3%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 71.6%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aledo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±9.3 pp
Carpool9.7% ±5.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home17.3% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 2,951 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aledo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aledo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,951 workers age 16+, including 2,440 workers with reported travel time and 511 home workers.

Population estimate5,825± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+2,951± 297 MOE
Workers with travel time2,440± 340 MOE
Estimated home workers511± 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 Aledo 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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