What is the average commute in Prairie View city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Prairie View city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48593362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prairie View, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Prairie View city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±10.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone77.9%±14.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Prairie View city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 23.5 min▲ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 6.5%▼ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.4% → 77.9%▲ 16.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prairie View city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±14.1 pp

Carpool4.0% ±3.2 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.3 pp

Walk9.1% ±2.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home6.5% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,947 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prairie View city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prairie View city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,947 workers age 16+, including 2,755 workers with reported travel time and 192 home workers.

Population estimate8,431± 11 MOE

Workers age 16+2,947± 659 MOE

Workers with travel time2,755± 664 MOE

Estimated home workers192± 118 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 Prairie View 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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