What is the average commute in Sugar Land city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.7%, 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 48708082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sugar Land, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Sugar Land city, Texas
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 23.7% worked from home, 65.4% drove alone, and 8.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home23.7%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone65.4%±1.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.0%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 Sugar Land city'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 +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.3 min → 28.9 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 23.7%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 65.4%▼ 10.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sugar Land city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.4%; 0.5% used public transit and 23.7% worked from home.

Drive alone65.4% ±1.9 pp

Carpool8.6% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home23.7% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 53,044 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sugar Land city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

87^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

21^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sugar Land city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 53,044 workers age 16+, including 40,465 workers with reported travel time and 12,579 home workers.

Population estimate110,016± 84 MOE

Workers age 16+53,044± 1,277 MOE

Workers with travel time40,465± 1,121 MOE

Estimated home workers12,579± 967 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 Sugar Land city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

All Texas reports →