ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48254522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farmers Branch, Texas

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.8%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute22.6 min → 21.6 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 19.8%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.9%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 69.4%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±2.9 pp
Carpool6.7% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.8% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 21,873 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,645± 55 MOE
Workers age 16+21,873± 923 MOE
Workers with travel time17,553± 920 MOE
Estimated home workers4,320± 536 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.