What is the average commute in Highland Park town, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Highland Park town, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.2 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 48338242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland Park, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Highland Park town, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 25.5% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home25.5%±6.2 pp MOE

Drove alone69.0%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Highland Park town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.4 min → 20.0 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.1% → 25.5%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.7% → 69.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Highland Park town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 25.5% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±6.3 pp

Carpool3.5% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home25.5% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 3,720 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Highland Park town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Highland Park town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,720 workers age 16+, including 2,773 workers with reported travel time and 947 home workers.

Population estimate8,773± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+3,720± 326 MOE

Workers with travel time2,773± 310 MOE

Estimated home workers947± 245 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 Highland Park town

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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