ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48338482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland Village, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 30.1% worked from home, 63.2% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home30.1%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone63.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 Highland Village city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 25.9 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.1% → 30.1%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.8% → 63.2%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Highland Village city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 30.1% worked from home.

Drive alone63.2% ±4.0 pp
Carpool4.9% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home30.1% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 7,931 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Highland Village city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Highland Village city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,931 workers age 16+, including 5,541 workers with reported travel time and 2,390 home workers.

Population estimate16,101± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+7,931± 424 MOE
Workers with travel time5,541± 410 MOE
Estimated home workers2,390± 325 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 Village 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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