What is the average commute in Forney city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 48266042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forney, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Forney city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.4 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 16.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.4 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home10.5%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.9%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 Forney city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.2 min → 36.4 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 10.5%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 78.7%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Forney city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±3.9 pp

Carpool8.5% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home10.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 15,723 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Forney city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Forney city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,723 workers age 16+, including 14,068 workers with reported travel time and 1,655 home workers.

Population estimate31,532± 80 MOE

Workers age 16+15,723± 847 MOE

Workers with travel time14,068± 913 MOE

Estimated home workers1,655± 411 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 Forney 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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