ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48101922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Briar, Texas

Mean one-way trip38.9 min±9.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.3%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 commute37.9 min → 38.9 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 14.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 74.5%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.5% ±0.8 pp
Carpool10.6% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.3% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,410 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% 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.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,228± 1,065 MOE
Workers age 16+3,410± 584 MOE
Workers with travel time2,923± 462 MOE
Estimated home workers487± 216 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.