Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48628282024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rockwall, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.8 min one way; 19.2% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 14.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.8 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.2%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 Rockwall city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 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 Rockwall city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 19.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 25,867 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rockwall city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rockwall city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 25,867 workers age 16+, including 20,908 workers with reported travel time and 4,959 home workers.
Population estimate51,168± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+25,867± 843 MOE
Workers with travel time20,908± 948 MOE
Estimated home workers4,959± 578 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 Rockwall city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.