What is the average commute in Dripping Springs city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Dripping Springs city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 41.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48214242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dripping Springs, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Dripping Springs city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 41.5% worked from home, 44.3% drove alone, and 10.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±9.9 min MOE

Worked from home41.5%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone44.3%±9.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.0%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 Dripping Springs city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +19.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 27.4 min▲ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.0% → 41.5%▲ 19.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.8% → 44.3%▼ 25.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dripping Springs city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 44.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 41.5% worked from home.

Drive alone44.3% ±9.0 pp

Carpool4.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk2.4% ±2.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home41.5% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 3,326 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dripping Springs city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

70^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dripping Springs city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,326 workers age 16+, including 1,946 workers with reported travel time and 1,380 home workers.

Population estimate7,405± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+3,326± 418 MOE

Workers with travel time1,946± 402 MOE

Estimated home workers1,380± 287 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 Dripping Springs 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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