ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48405762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lakehills, Texas

Mean one-way trip49.9 min±16.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone83.5%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip35.7%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 commute38.4 min → 49.9 min▲ 11.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 9.9%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 83.5%▲ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.5% ±7.3 pp
Carpool2.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home9.9% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 2,886 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% 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.

100th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,130± 866 MOE
Workers age 16+2,886± 555 MOE
Workers with travel time2,599± 553 MOE
Estimated home workers287± 111 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.