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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 48656002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Marcos, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for San Marcos city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home11.1%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone68.4%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.2%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 Marcos city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 24.0 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 11.1%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.3%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 68.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How San Marcos city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 1.3% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±2.3 pp

Carpool11.4% ±2.3 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk4.5% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.1% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 39,000 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How San Marcos city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind San Marcos city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 39,000 workers age 16+, including 34,663 workers with reported travel time and 4,337 home workers.

Population estimate70,897± 80 MOE

Workers age 16+39,000± 1,685 MOE

Workers with travel time34,663± 1,678 MOE

Estimated home workers4,337± 555 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 Marcos 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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