ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48370002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Irving, Texas

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home20.0%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone65.5%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute24.1 min → 24.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 20.0%▲ 8.8 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 65.5%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.5% ±0.9 pp
Carpool10.9% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home20.0% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 133,352 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate256,492± 91 MOE
Workers age 16+133,352± 2,095 MOE
Workers with travel time106,693± 2,435 MOE
Estimated home workers26,659± 1,546 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.