What is the average commute in Garland city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 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 48290002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garland, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Garland city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.7 min one way; 12.4% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.7 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home12.4%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±1.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.9%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 Garland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.7 min → 29.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 12.4%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.9%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 72.7%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Garland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 12.4% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±1.5 pp

Carpool11.9% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 121,342 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Garland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Garland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 121,342 workers age 16+, including 106,264 workers with reported travel time and 15,078 home workers.

Population estimate246,844± 136 MOE

Workers age 16+121,342± 2,494 MOE

Workers with travel time106,264± 2,302 MOE

Estimated home workers15,078± 1,203 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 Garland 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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