ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48208842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Donna, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 9.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 Donna city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -5.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 24.6 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 4.6%▼ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 78.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Donna city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.4% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.

Drive alone78.6% ±4.7 pp
Carpool11.6% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home4.6% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 5,273 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Donna city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Donna city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,273 workers age 16+, including 5,031 workers with reported travel time and 242 home workers.

Population estimate16,833± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+5,273± 562 MOE
Workers with travel time5,031± 546 MOE
Estimated home workers242± 106 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 Donna 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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