Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48061282024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Baytown, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Baytown city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Baytown city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 36,866 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Baytown city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Baytown city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 36,866 workers age 16+, including 34,736 workers with reported travel time and 2,130 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for Baytown city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.