ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48061282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Baytown, Texas

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 25.4 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 5.8%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 79.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.9% ±2.5 pp
Carpool10.9% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home5.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 36,866 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate85,205± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+36,866± 1,420 MOE
Workers with travel time34,736± 1,495 MOE
Estimated home workers2,130± 565 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.