What is the average commute in Elgin city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.2 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 48230442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elgin, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Elgin city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.3 min one way; 21.0% worked from home, 66.5% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.3 min±6.9 min MOE

Worked from home21.0%±6.2 pp MOE

Drove alone66.5%±10.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.7%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 Elgin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.2 min → 32.3 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 21.0%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 66.5%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elgin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 21.0% worked from home.

Drive alone66.5% ±10.4 pp

Carpool11.9% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home21.0% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 6,013 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elgin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% 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.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elgin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,013 workers age 16+, including 4,753 workers with reported travel time and 1,260 home workers.

Population estimate11,563± 488 MOE

Workers age 16+6,013± 658 MOE

Workers with travel time4,753± 705 MOE

Estimated home workers1,260± 399 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 Elgin 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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