ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48502562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nacogdoches, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.7 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 74.4% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.7 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.4%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Nacogdoches 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 +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.8 min → 15.7 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 6.5%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 74.4%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nacogdoches city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.4% ±2.9 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk5.5% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 14,835 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nacogdoches city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nacogdoches city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,835 workers age 16+, including 13,877 workers with reported travel time and 958 home workers.

Population estimate32,197± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+14,835± 672 MOE
Workers with travel time13,877± 688 MOE
Estimated home workers958± 313 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 Nacogdoches 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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