ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48430962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Live Oak, Texas

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±9.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute22.8 min → 20.5 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 15.0%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 71.1%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.1% ±9.6 pp
Carpool8.8% ±5.8 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.9 pp
Walk2.0% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home15.0% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 8,502 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,984± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+8,502± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time7,230± 817 MOE
Estimated home workers1,272± 514 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.