ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48091602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boerne, Texas

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 commute23.8 min → 25.3 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.1% → 16.0%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 75.2%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±4.1 pp
Carpool7.1% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.0% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 9,231 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,518± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+9,231± 613 MOE
Workers with travel time7,758± 669 MOE
Estimated home workers1,473± 343 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.