ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48564982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pecan Plantation, Texas

Mean one-way trip45.5 min±11.1 min MOE
Worked from home25.7%±8.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.2%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 commute45.2 min → 45.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 25.7%▲ 14.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 72.3%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.3% ±7.4 pp
Carpool1.9% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home25.7% ±8.0 pp

Each share uses 1,931 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% 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.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,452± 665 MOE
Workers age 16+1,931± 223 MOE
Workers with travel time1,434± 218 MOE
Estimated home workers497± 165 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.