ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48426642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Liberty Hill, Texas

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.3 min → 34.1 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 11.4%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 69.4%▼ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±7.3 pp
Carpool17.1% ±11.6 pp
Public transit0.6% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.4% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 4,315 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.

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,371± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+4,315± 482 MOE
Workers with travel time3,825± 500 MOE
Estimated home workers490± 216 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.