ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48348322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Horizon City, Texas

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±7.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.1 min → 29.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 8.6%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 73.8%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±5.8 pp
Carpool16.7% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.6% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 9,796 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% 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.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,668± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+9,796± 714 MOE
Workers with travel time8,957± 882 MOE
Estimated home workers839± 695 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.