ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48180202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crystal City, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 86.6% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.0 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone86.6%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Crystal City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.8 min → 17.0 min▲ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 4.5%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone92.5% → 86.6%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crystal City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone86.6% ±6.4 pp
Carpool6.6% ±6.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk2.3% ±4.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home4.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 2,389 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crystal City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crystal City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,389 workers age 16+, including 2,282 workers with reported travel time and 107 home workers.

Population estimate6,159± 15 MOE
Workers age 16+2,389± 219 MOE
Workers with travel time2,282± 237 MOE
Estimated home workers107± 91 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 Crystal City 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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