ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48107802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brownwood, Texas

Mean one-way trip14.1 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute13.6 min → 14.1 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 3.6%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 1.4%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 81.4%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.4% ±3.2 pp
Carpool11.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.4% ±2.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.6% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 8,425 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.

3thMean commute percentile

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

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,777± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+8,425± 543 MOE
Workers with travel time8,125± 504 MOE
Estimated home workers300± 131 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.