ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48450002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lubbock, Texas

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.1%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute16.0 min → 16.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 7.1%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 77.3%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±1.1 pp
Carpool11.3% ±0.9 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.1% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 131,071 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

30thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate264,814± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+131,071± 2,161 MOE
Workers with travel time121,757± 2,395 MOE
Estimated home workers9,314± 929 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.