What is the average commute in Santa Fe city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Santa Fe city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 48657262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santa Fe, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Santa Fe city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 83.0% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home7.5%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone83.0%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.1%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 Santa Fe city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.9 min → 27.5 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 7.5%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.0% → 83.0%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Santa Fe city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

Drive alone83.0% ±4.7 pp

Carpool5.3% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home7.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,313 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Santa Fe city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Santa Fe city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,313 workers age 16+, including 4,916 workers with reported travel time and 397 home workers.

Population estimate12,901± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+5,313± 467 MOE

Workers with travel time4,916± 496 MOE

Estimated home workers397± 169 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 Santa Fe 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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