ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48650002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Antonio, Texas

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

39thMean commute percentile

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

26thWork-from-home percentile

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

47thTransit percentile

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

55th60+ 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 the shares

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.