ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48541322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange, Texas

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.3%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.8%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.6 min → 23.0 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 3.3%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 80.8%▲ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.8% ±5.5 pp
Carpool13.7% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.8 pp
Work from home3.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 7,524 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

38thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,177± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+7,524± 517 MOE
Workers with travel time7,275± 498 MOE
Estimated home workers249± 161 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.