What is the average commute in Grand Prairie city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 48304642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand Prairie, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Grand Prairie city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.7%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone73.3%±1.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.6%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 Grand Prairie city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 28.0 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.7%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 73.3%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grand Prairie city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.

Drive alone73.3% ±1.8 pp

Carpool11.7% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home12.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 99,593 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grand Prairie city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

45^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

2^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grand Prairie city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 99,593 workers age 16+, including 86,942 workers with reported travel time and 12,651 home workers.

Population estimate201,883± 335 MOE

Workers age 16+99,593± 2,182 MOE

Workers with travel time86,942± 2,371 MOE

Estimated home workers12,651± 1,181 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 Grand Prairie 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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