ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48240362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elsa, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.6 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 82.9% drove alone, and 0.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.6 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone82.9%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 Elsa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -12.1 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.

Mean commute24.7 min → 12.6 min▼ 12.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 5.0%▼ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 82.9%▲ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elsa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

Drive alone82.9% ±5.3 pp
Carpool5.5% ±6.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home5.0% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 2,294 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elsa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

0th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elsa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,294 workers age 16+, including 2,179 workers with reported travel time and 115 home workers.

Population estimate5,697± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,294± 535 MOE
Workers with travel time2,179± 537 MOE
Estimated home workers115± 129 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 Elsa 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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