ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48653602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Elizario, Texas

Mean one-way trip34.3 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute39.8 min → 34.3 min▼ 5.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 7.3%▼ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 71.9%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.9% ±6.8 pp
Carpool15.0% ±6.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.0% ±5.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.3% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,145 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.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower 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.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,116± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,145± 463 MOE
Workers with travel time3,844± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers301± 145 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.