ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48465842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marble Falls, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.9 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 66.6% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Marble Falls city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 14.9 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 5.4%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.0%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.7% → 66.6%▲ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Marble Falls city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.6%; 1.0% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.

Drive alone66.6% ±8.4 pp
Carpool23.3% ±11.5 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.4% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 3,779 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Marble Falls city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Marble Falls city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,779 workers age 16+, including 3,575 workers with reported travel time and 204 home workers.

Population estimate7,752± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,779± 298 MOE
Workers with travel time3,575± 323 MOE
Estimated home workers204± 109 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 Marble Falls 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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