ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48456722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

McGregor, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±10.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 McGregor city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 20.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 13.7%▲ 11.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 69.4%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How McGregor city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±10.1 pp
Carpool16.1% ±12.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home13.7% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 2,613 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How McGregor city compares with similar-size places

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

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

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind McGregor city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,613 workers age 16+, including 2,254 workers with reported travel time and 359 home workers.

Population estimate5,761± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+2,613± 361 MOE
Workers with travel time2,254± 394 MOE
Estimated home workers359± 166 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 McGregor 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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