Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48203442024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dickinson, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.7 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 Dickinson city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Dickinson city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,105 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dickinson city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dickinson city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,105 workers age 16+, including 9,069 workers with reported travel time and 1,036 home workers.
Population estimate21,753± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+10,105± 688 MOE
Workers with travel time9,069± 661 MOE
Estimated home workers1,036± 262 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
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for Dickinson city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.