ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48276842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Frisco, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.6 min one way; 37.8% worked from home, 53.5% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.6 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home37.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone53.5%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 Frisco 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 +13.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 28.6 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.7% → 37.8%▲ 13.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.6% → 53.5%▼ 13.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Frisco city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 37.8% worked from home.

Drive alone53.5% ±1.7 pp
Carpool5.9% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home37.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 113,942 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Frisco city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

100thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

4thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Frisco city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 113,942 workers age 16+, including 70,894 workers with reported travel time and 43,048 home workers.

Population estimate219,304± 67 MOE
Workers age 16+113,942± 2,085 MOE
Workers with travel time70,894± 2,403 MOE
Estimated home workers43,048± 1,906 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 Frisco 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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