ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48278762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fulshear, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.8 min one way; 28.6% worked from home, 64.1% drove alone, and 15.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.8 min±8.4 min MOE
Worked from home28.6%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.6%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 Fulshear city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.6 min → 37.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.3% → 28.6%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.9%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 64.1%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fulshear city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.1%; 0.9% used public transit and 28.6% worked from home.

Drive alone64.1% ±8.4 pp
Carpool5.1% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home28.6% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 15,553 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fulshear city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fulshear city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,553 workers age 16+, including 11,104 workers with reported travel time and 4,449 home workers.

Population estimate34,868± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+15,553± 1,388 MOE
Workers with travel time11,104± 1,579 MOE
Estimated home workers4,449± 1,029 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 Fulshear 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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