ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48608362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Raymondville, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.2 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 87.2% drove alone, and 0.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone87.2%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 Raymondville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.9 min → 16.2 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 6.9%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 87.2%▲ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Raymondville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone87.2% ±6.7 pp
Carpool4.1% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.9% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,896 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Raymondville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% 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.

0th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Raymondville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,896 workers age 16+, including 3,627 workers with reported travel time and 269 home workers.

Population estimate10,185± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+3,896± 356 MOE
Workers with travel time3,627± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers269± 179 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 Raymondville 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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