Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48572002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pharr, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.1 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Pharr city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 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 Pharr city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 32,126 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pharr city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pharr city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 32,126 workers age 16+, including 30,049 workers with reported travel time and 2,077 home workers.
Population estimate80,333± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+32,126± 1,200 MOE
Workers with travel time30,049± 1,198 MOE
Estimated home workers2,077± 460 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 Pharr city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.