ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48112242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bulverde, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.5%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 Bulverde city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.6 min → 33.1 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.8% → 15.3%▼ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 76.5%▲ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bulverde city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±7.4 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home15.3% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 2,882 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bulverde city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bulverde city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,882 workers age 16+, including 2,441 workers with reported travel time and 441 home workers.

Population estimate6,486± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+2,882± 364 MOE
Workers with travel time2,441± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers441± 185 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 Bulverde 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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