ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48271022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Four Corners, Texas

Mean one-way trip38.6 min±11.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.6%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±8.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.2%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 commute35.7 min → 38.6 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 13.6%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 78.4%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.4% ±8.9 pp
Carpool7.4% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.6% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 6,054 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.

97thMean commute percentile

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

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

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

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,692± 1,868 MOE
Workers age 16+6,054± 1,013 MOE
Workers with travel time5,228± 987 MOE
Estimated home workers826± 295 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.