ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48295642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gilmer, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 2.6% worked from home, 93.2% drove alone, and 11.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home2.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone93.2%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 Gilmer city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 25.6 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 2.6%▼ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.5% → 93.2%▲ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gilmer city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 93.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.6% worked from home.

Drive alone93.2% ±5.6 pp
Carpool4.2% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.2 pp
Work from home2.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 1,754 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gilmer city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gilmer city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,754 workers age 16+, including 1,708 workers with reported travel time and 46 home workers.

Population estimate5,025± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+1,754± 272 MOE
Workers with travel time1,708± 268 MOE
Estimated home workers46± 44 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 Gilmer 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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