ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48346712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Homestead Meadows North, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.3 min one way; 13.1% worked from home, 65.3% drove alone, and 14.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.3 min±16.4 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±8.2 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.4%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 Homestead Meadows North CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +7.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.9 min → 37.3 min▲ 7.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 13.1%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 65.3%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Homestead Meadows North CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.1% worked from home.

Drive alone65.3% ±4.2 pp
Carpool19.5% ±17.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home13.1% ±8.2 pp

Each share uses 1,874 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Homestead Meadows North CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% 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.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Homestead Meadows North CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,874 workers age 16+, including 1,628 workers with reported travel time and 246 home workers.

Population estimate5,795± 1,615 MOE
Workers age 16+1,874± 507 MOE
Workers with travel time1,628± 500 MOE
Estimated home workers246± 167 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 Homestead Meadows North CDP

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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