What is the average commute in Spring CDP, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Spring CDP, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 48695962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spring, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Spring CDP, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.8 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 13.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.8 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.3%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 Spring CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.7 min → 33.8 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 10.7%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.1%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.6% → 79.5%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Spring CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 1.1% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±2.7 pp

Carpool7.0% ±1.8 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 33,787 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Spring CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Spring CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 33,787 workers age 16+, including 30,185 workers with reported travel time and 3,602 home workers.

Population estimate68,580± 4,281 MOE

Workers age 16+33,787± 2,215 MOE

Workers with travel time30,185± 2,075 MOE

Estimated home workers3,602± 629 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 Spring 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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