ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48657622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Santa Rita Ranch, Texas

Mean one-way trip37.5 min±11.9 min MOE
Worked from home35.7%±8.7 pp MOE
Drove alone57.7%±9.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.9%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 commute32.3 min → 37.5 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.3% → 35.7%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.5%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.3% → 57.7%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.7% ±9.6 pp
Carpool2.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home35.7% ±8.7 pp

Each share uses 3,273 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

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

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,586± 789 MOE
Workers age 16+3,273± 402 MOE
Workers with travel time2,104± 416 MOE
Estimated home workers1,169± 319 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.