ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48670822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shady Hollow, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 38.4% worked from home, 43.6% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±9.4 min MOE
Worked from home38.4%±6.7 pp MOE
Drove alone43.6%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 Shady Hollow CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.2 min → 29.4 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home31.7% → 38.4%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.6% → 43.6%▼ 13.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shady Hollow CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 43.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 38.4% worked from home.

Drive alone43.6% ±7.7 pp
Carpool15.1% ±8.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home38.4% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 2,417 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shady Hollow CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% 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.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shady Hollow CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,417 workers age 16+, including 1,490 workers with reported travel time and 927 home workers.

Population estimate5,709± 962 MOE
Workers age 16+2,417± 425 MOE
Workers with travel time1,490± 337 MOE
Estimated home workers927± 230 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 Shady Hollow CDP

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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