ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48423882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Leon Valley, Texas

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute28.3 min → 27.5 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 8.6%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 1.6%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.7% → 73.4%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±4.5 pp
Carpool11.7% ±3.8 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.6% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 5,277 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.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,446± 68 MOE
Workers age 16+5,277± 404 MOE
Workers with travel time4,824± 423 MOE
Estimated home workers453± 201 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.