What is the average commute in Richland Hills city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Richland Hills city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 48618442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richland Hills, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Richland Hills city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 75.8% drove alone, and 1.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home14.1%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone75.8%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.5%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 Richland Hills city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 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 commute22.9 min → 21.6 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 14.1%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 75.8%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richland Hills city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.

Drive alone75.8% ±7.1 pp

Carpool8.1% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home14.1% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 4,495 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richland Hills city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richland Hills city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,495 workers age 16+, including 3,860 workers with reported travel time and 635 home workers.

Population estimate8,493± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+4,495± 308 MOE

Workers with travel time3,860± 331 MOE

Estimated home workers635± 211 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 Richland Hills 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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