What is the average commute in Fort Hood CDP, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 11.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fort Hood CDP, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 48267362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Hood, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Fort Hood CDP, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.2 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 60.1% drove alone, and 0.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.2 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home11.0%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone60.1%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.9%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 Fort Hood CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute10.9 min → 11.2 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 11.0%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.6%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.2% → 60.1%▲ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Hood CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.

Drive alone60.1% ±4.8 pp

Carpool7.3% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp

Walk20.0% ±3.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 14,664 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Hood CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 0th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

0^thMean commute percentile

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

36^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

0^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Hood CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,664 workers age 16+, including 13,049 workers with reported travel time and 1,615 home workers.

Population estimate26,814± 1,237 MOE

Workers age 16+14,664± 667 MOE

Workers with travel time13,049± 716 MOE

Estimated home workers1,615± 374 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 Fort Hood CDP

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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