What is the average commute in Bellaire city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 48073002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellaire, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Bellaire city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 25.3% worked from home, 67.3% drove alone, and 1.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Bellaire city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 percentage points.

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 Bellaire city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 25.3% worked from home.

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

How Bellaire city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

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

89^thWork-from-home percentile

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

57^thTransit percentile

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

4^th60+ 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 Bellaire city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,964 workers age 16+, including 5,952 workers with reported travel time and 2,012 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Texas commute records for Bellaire 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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