What is the average commute in Beaumont city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 48070002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beaumont, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Beaumont city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 84.0% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone84.0%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Beaumont 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 +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 20.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 4.5%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.9% → 84.0%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Beaumont city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.0% ±1.6 pp

Carpool7.5% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home4.5% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 48,586 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Beaumont city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

11^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

27^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Beaumont city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 48,586 workers age 16+, including 46,391 workers with reported travel time and 2,195 home workers.

Population estimate113,279± 107 MOE

Workers age 16+48,586± 1,433 MOE

Workers with travel time46,391± 1,466 MOE

Estimated home workers2,195± 432 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 Beaumont 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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