Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48635722024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rowlett, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 18.4% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 10.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.2 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home18.4%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%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 Rowlett city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 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 Rowlett city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 18.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 35,018 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rowlett city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 84th 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 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rowlett city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 35,018 workers age 16+, including 28,570 workers with reported travel time and 6,448 home workers.
Population estimate65,463± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+35,018± 1,630 MOE
Workers with travel time28,570± 1,786 MOE
Estimated home workers6,448± 793 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 Rowlett city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.