ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48216282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Duncanville, Texas

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute27.7 min → 25.5 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 12.3%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 73.5%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±2.8 pp
Carpool11.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.3% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 17,161 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,683± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+17,161± 1,019 MOE
Workers with travel time15,052± 1,064 MOE
Estimated home workers2,109± 527 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.