Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48323122024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Harker Heights, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 75.9% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.1 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.9%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.0%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 Harker Heights city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Harker Heights city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,984 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Harker Heights city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Harker Heights city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,984 workers age 16+, including 15,605 workers with reported travel time and 1,379 home workers.
Population estimate34,128± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+16,984± 856 MOE
Workers with travel time15,605± 953 MOE
Estimated home workers1,379± 378 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
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for Harker Heights city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.