ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48376122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jersey Village, Texas

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±10.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute29.5 min → 27.5 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 14.3%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.4%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 69.4%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±10.5 pp
Carpool12.8% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home14.3% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,827 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.

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,817± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+3,827± 386 MOE
Workers with travel time3,278± 458 MOE
Estimated home workers549± 204 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.