What is the average commute in Austin city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 30.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 48050002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Austin, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Austin city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 30.7% worked from home, 56.0% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home30.7%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone56.0%±0.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 Austin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.5 min → 23.7 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.4% → 30.7%▲ 12.3 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.2% → 56.0%▼ 10.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Austin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.0%; 2.0% used public transit and 30.7% worked from home.

Drive alone56.0% ±0.7 pp

Carpool6.4% ±0.4 pp

Public transit2.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.5% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.1 pp

Work from home30.7% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 579,181 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Austin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Austin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 579,181 workers age 16+, including 401,455 workers with reported travel time and 177,726 home workers.

Population estimate979,539± 484 MOE

Workers age 16+579,181± 4,826 MOE

Workers with travel time401,455± 5,501 MOE

Estimated home workers177,726± 4,474 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 Austin city

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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