ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48531302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Point, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 40.5% worked from home, 53.5% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±9.5 min MOE
Worked from home40.5%±17.2 pp MOE
Drove alone53.5%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 Oak Point city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.6 min → 33.1 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home32.0% → 40.5%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.7% → 53.5%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oak Point city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 40.5% worked from home.

Drive alone53.5% ±8.6 pp
Carpool6.0% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home40.5% ±17.2 pp

Each share uses 2,902 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oak Point city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% 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.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oak Point city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,902 workers age 16+, including 1,728 workers with reported travel time and 1,174 home workers.

Population estimate5,887± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+2,902± 434 MOE
Workers with travel time1,728± 316 MOE
Estimated home workers1,174± 529 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 Oak Point 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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