ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48360922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Iowa Colony, Texas

Mean one-way trip35.6 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.8%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.2%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.5%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 commute36.0 min → 35.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.1% → 17.8%▼ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 78.2%▲ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.2% ±4.8 pp
Carpool3.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.8% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 6,448 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% 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.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,891± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+6,448± 556 MOE
Workers with travel time5,302± 528 MOE
Estimated home workers1,146± 377 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.