ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48425682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Liberty, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±17.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 Liberty city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.7 min → 24.8 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 6.3%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 71.8%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Liberty city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±17.0 pp
Carpool21.1% ±11.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home6.3% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 2,903 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Liberty city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% 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.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Liberty city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,903 workers age 16+, including 2,720 workers with reported travel time and 183 home workers.

Population estimate8,650± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,903± 519 MOE
Workers with travel time2,720± 483 MOE
Estimated home workers183± 150 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 Liberty 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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