What is the average commute in Groves city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 48313282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Groves, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Groves city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 2.8% worked from home, 82.3% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home2.8%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone82.3%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Groves city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.7 min → 20.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 2.8%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.1% → 82.3%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Groves city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 2.8% worked from home.

Drive alone82.3% ±5.6 pp

Carpool13.2% ±5.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home2.8% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 7,805 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Groves city compares with similar-size places

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^thWork-from-home percentile

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

60^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Groves city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,805 workers age 16+, including 7,584 workers with reported travel time and 221 home workers.

Population estimate16,976± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+7,805± 508 MOE

Workers with travel time7,584± 522 MOE

Estimated home workers221± 106 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 Groves 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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