ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48641122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saginaw, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.1 min one way; 13.6% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home13.6%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Saginaw city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 26.1 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 13.6%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 76.8%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Saginaw city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.8% used public transit and 13.6% worked from home.

Drive alone76.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool8.0% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.6% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 13,192 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Saginaw city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Saginaw city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,192 workers age 16+, including 11,400 workers with reported travel time and 1,792 home workers.

Population estimate24,970± 77 MOE
Workers age 16+13,192± 804 MOE
Workers with travel time11,400± 840 MOE
Estimated home workers1,792± 424 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 Saginaw 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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