ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48304642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand Prairie, Texas

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

72thMean commute percentile

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

45thWork-from-home percentile

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

2thTransit percentile

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

57th60+ 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 the shares

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.