ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48190002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dallas, Texas

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.8%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 commute26.9 min → 25.7 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.8%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 2.1%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 66.6%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.6% ±0.8 pp
Carpool11.8% ±0.6 pp
Public transit2.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.0 pp
Work from home15.8% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 662,654 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate1,307,930± 153 MOE
Workers age 16+662,654± 5,808 MOE
Workers with travel time557,757± 6,180 MOE
Estimated home workers104,897± 3,281 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.