ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48045042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Athens, Texas

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.1%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.7 min → 20.7 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 3.1%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.1%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 80.5%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.5% ±6.0 pp
Carpool12.9% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.5% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home3.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,905 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,200± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,905± 450 MOE
Workers with travel time5,722± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers183± 121 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.