ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48135522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cedar Park, Texas

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home29.9%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone58.8%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute27.4 min → 25.5 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.4% → 29.9%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.3% → 58.8%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.8% ±3.2 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home29.9% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 40,716 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate78,301± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+40,716± 1,102 MOE
Workers with travel time28,543± 1,427 MOE
Estimated home workers12,173± 1,000 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.