Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48660892024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Scenic Oaks, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 23.4% worked from home, 59.9% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.7 min±8.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.4%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone59.9%±10.2 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 Scenic Oaks CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Scenic Oaks CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,693 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Scenic Oaks CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Scenic Oaks CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,693 workers age 16+, including 3,597 workers with reported travel time and 1,096 home workers.
Population estimate10,569± 1,251 MOE
Workers age 16+4,693± 724 MOE
Workers with travel time3,597± 742 MOE
Estimated home workers1,096± 305 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
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for Scenic Oaks CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.