ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48073002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellaire, Texas

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home25.3%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.3%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 commute22.6 min → 20.9 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.2% → 25.3%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.5%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 67.3%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.3% ±4.7 pp
Carpool4.5% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home25.3% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 7,964 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,206± 62 MOE
Workers age 16+7,964± 417 MOE
Workers with travel time5,952± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers2,012± 390 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.