What is the average commute in Laredo city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Laredo city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 48414642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laredo, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Laredo city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±0.9 min MOE

Worked from home5.9%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone79.2%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%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 Laredo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 21.6 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 5.9%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.7%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 79.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laredo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.7% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±1.0 pp

Carpool11.5% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home5.9% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 110,463 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laredo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

28^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

32^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laredo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 110,463 workers age 16+, including 104,000 workers with reported travel time and 6,463 home workers.

Population estimate257,619± 37 MOE

Workers age 16+110,463± 1,758 MOE

Workers with travel time104,000± 1,957 MOE

Estimated home workers6,463± 780 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 Laredo city

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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