ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48636682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Royse City, Texas

Mean one-way trip34.3 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.6%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.1 min → 34.3 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 17.6%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 70.2%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±5.6 pp
Carpool11.1% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 11,027 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% 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.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,037± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+11,027± 668 MOE
Workers with travel time9,090± 820 MOE
Estimated home workers1,937± 542 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.