ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48394482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kirby, Texas

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.3%±9.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute23.9 min → 24.4 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 5.2%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 3.9%▲ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 68.3%▼ 12.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.3% ±9.1 pp
Carpool19.0% ±9.6 pp
Public transit3.9% ±2.8 pp
Walk1.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.9 pp
Work from home5.2% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,488 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,117± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+3,488± 490 MOE
Workers with travel time3,305± 508 MOE
Estimated home workers183± 107 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.