ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48582802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasanton, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 6.2% worked from home, 81.9% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 Pleasanton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 24.1 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 6.2%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 81.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pleasanton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.2% worked from home.

Drive alone81.9% ±4.2 pp
Carpool10.2% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.2% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 4,233 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pleasanton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% 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.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pleasanton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,233 workers age 16+, including 3,971 workers with reported travel time and 262 home workers.

Population estimate11,011± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+4,233± 351 MOE
Workers with travel time3,971± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers262± 132 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 Pleasanton 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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