What is the average commute in San Antonio city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in San Antonio city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48650002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Antonio, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for San Antonio city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 68.3% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±0.4 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone68.3%±0.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 San Antonio city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 24.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 13.5%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 2.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 68.3%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How San Antonio city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.3%; 2.0% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.3% ±0.7 pp

Carpool12.4% ±0.5 pp

Public transit2.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.9% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.5% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 706,519 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How San Antonio city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

26^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind San Antonio city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 706,519 workers age 16+, including 611,087 workers with reported travel time and 95,432 home workers.

Population estimate1,479,835± 251 MOE

Workers age 16+706,519± 4,920 MOE

Workers with travel time611,087± 5,417 MOE

Estimated home workers95,432± 3,561 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 San Antonio city

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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