Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48331462024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Helotes, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 21.2% worked from home, 63.3% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.7 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Helotes city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 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 Helotes city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 21.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,512 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Helotes city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Helotes city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,512 workers age 16+, including 3,556 workers with reported travel time and 956 home workers.
Population estimate9,630± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+4,512± 324 MOE
Workers with travel time3,556± 443 MOE
Estimated home workers956± 295 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 Helotes city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.