Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48508202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Braunfels, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 10.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.1 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 New Braunfels city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How New Braunfels city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 53,529 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Braunfels city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Braunfels city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 53,529 workers age 16+, including 45,187 workers with reported travel time and 8,342 home workers.
Population estimate104,643± 84 MOE
Workers age 16+53,529± 1,256 MOE
Workers with travel time45,187± 1,569 MOE
Estimated home workers8,342± 1,014 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
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for New Braunfels city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.