Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48618922024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Richmond, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.2 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 66.0% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.2 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.0%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Richmond city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 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 Richmond city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,467 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Richmond city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Richmond city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,467 workers age 16+, including 5,189 workers with reported travel time and 278 home workers.
Population estimate12,582± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+5,467± 767 MOE
Workers with travel time5,189± 731 MOE
Estimated home workers278± 202 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 Richmond city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.