What is the average commute in Socorro city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 48686362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Socorro, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Socorro city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.9%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.8%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 Socorro city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 26.8 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 6.9%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.6%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 75.3%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Socorro city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±3.8 pp

Carpool16.8% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home6.9% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 15,847 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Socorro city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

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

21^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Socorro city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,847 workers age 16+, including 14,747 workers with reported travel time and 1,100 home workers.

Population estimate37,123± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+15,847± 714 MOE

Workers with travel time14,747± 750 MOE

Estimated home workers1,100± 293 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 Socorro 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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