ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48571762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pflugerville, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 23.9% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.1%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Pflugerville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 27.4 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.2% → 23.9%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 66.1%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pflugerville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 23.9% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home23.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 36,861 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pflugerville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pflugerville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 36,861 workers age 16+, including 28,052 workers with reported travel time and 8,809 home workers.

Population estimate65,971± 100 MOE
Workers age 16+36,861± 1,239 MOE
Workers with travel time28,052± 1,374 MOE
Estimated home workers8,809± 960 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 Pflugerville 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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