ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48159762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

College Station, Texas

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commute16.5 min → 17.4 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 12.2%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 2.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 69.5%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.5% ±2.1 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.2 pp
Public transit2.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk4.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle2.1% ±0.8 pp
Work from home12.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 59,991 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate124,570± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+59,991± 1,292 MOE
Workers with travel time52,645± 1,530 MOE
Estimated home workers7,346± 858 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.