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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.