ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48075522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Benbrook, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 Benbrook city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 25.0 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 11.5%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 78.5%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Benbrook city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±2.0 pp
Carpool8.5% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 11,888 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Benbrook city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Benbrook city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,888 workers age 16+, including 10,517 workers with reported travel time and 1,371 home workers.

Population estimate24,557± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+11,888± 686 MOE
Workers with travel time10,517± 586 MOE
Estimated home workers1,371± 283 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 Benbrook 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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