What is the average commute in Fort Worth city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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 48270002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Worth, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Fort Worth city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home14.0%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone71.7%±0.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.9%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 Worth 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 +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 27.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 14.0%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 71.7%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Worth city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.5% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone71.7% ±0.9 pp

Carpool10.6% ±0.5 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home14.0% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 474,214 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Worth city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

5^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Worth city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 474,214 workers age 16+, including 408,000 workers with reported travel time and 66,214 home workers.

Population estimate963,194± 475 MOE

Workers age 16+474,214± 3,984 MOE

Workers with travel time408,000± 4,787 MOE

Estimated home workers66,214± 2,969 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 Worth city

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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