What is the average commute in Lackland AFB CDP, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 10.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lackland AFB CDP, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 39.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48400362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lackland AFB, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Lackland AFB CDP, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 10.8 min one way; 39.5% worked from home, 15.1% drove alone, and 0.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip10.8 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home39.5%±9.1 pp MOE

Drove alone15.1%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.3%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 Lackland AFB CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.3 min → 10.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home37.3% → 39.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 4.2%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone21.5% → 15.1%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lackland AFB CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 15.1%; 4.2% used public transit and 39.5% worked from home.

Drive alone15.1% ±4.9 pp

Carpool2.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit4.2% ±4.1 pp

Walk37.7% ±8.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home39.5% ±9.1 pp

Each share uses 5,942 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lackland AFB CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lackland AFB CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,942 workers age 16+, including 3,592 workers with reported travel time and 2,350 home workers.

Population estimate6,785± 589 MOE

Workers age 16+5,942± 550 MOE

Workers with travel time3,592± 718 MOE

Estimated home workers2,350± 584 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Texas commute records for Lackland AFB CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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