What is the average commute in Temple city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 48721762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Temple, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Temple city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home11.4%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.2%±2.2 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 Temple 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 +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.6 min → 21.0 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 11.4%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 74.2%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Temple city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 0.4% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±2.2 pp

Carpool11.6% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.4% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 39,855 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Temple city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Temple city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 39,855 workers age 16+, including 35,292 workers with reported travel time and 4,563 home workers.

Population estimate89,602± 82 MOE

Workers age 16+39,855± 1,141 MOE

Workers with travel time35,292± 1,232 MOE

Estimated home workers4,563± 574 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 Temple 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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