ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48123342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Camp Swift, Texas

Mean one-way trip39.3 min±11.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.4%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 commute36.5 min → 39.3 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 4.3%▼ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 2.0%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 67.0%▼ 12.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±6.6 pp
Carpool21.3% ±9.5 pp
Public transit2.0% ±2.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home4.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 3,182 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.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,239± 1,142 MOE
Workers age 16+3,182± 511 MOE
Workers with travel time3,046± 514 MOE
Estimated home workers136± 84 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.