ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48304162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Granbury, Texas

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone83.3%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.2%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 commute30.8 min → 30.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 13.9%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.3% → 83.3%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.3% ±6.3 pp
Carpool2.0% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.9% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,901 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% 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.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,136± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+4,901± 464 MOE
Workers with travel time4,222± 490 MOE
Estimated home workers679± 218 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.