What is the average commute in Lumberton city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lumberton city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48451202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lumberton, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Lumberton city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 84.8% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home7.0%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone84.8%±6.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Lumberton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 27.1 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.0%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.2% → 84.8%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lumberton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.

Drive alone84.8% ±6.2 pp

Carpool4.8% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.0% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 6,757 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lumberton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lumberton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,757 workers age 16+, including 6,282 workers with reported travel time and 475 home workers.

Population estimate13,963± 46 MOE

Workers age 16+6,757± 448 MOE

Workers with travel time6,282± 482 MOE

Estimated home workers475± 219 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 Lumberton 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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