What is the average commute in Mercedes city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 48477002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mercedes, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Mercedes city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.6 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home9.5%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.7%±6.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Mercedes city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.7 min → 18.6 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 9.5%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 71.7%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mercedes city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.7% ±6.4 pp

Carpool13.2% ±8.4 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home9.5% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 6,236 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mercedes city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mercedes city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,236 workers age 16+, including 5,643 workers with reported travel time and 593 home workers.

Population estimate16,733± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+6,236± 718 MOE

Workers with travel time5,643± 748 MOE

Estimated home workers593± 220 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 Mercedes 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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