ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48733162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tomball, Texas

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.8%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.3 min → 33.4 min▲ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.9% → 19.8%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 70.4%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±5.8 pp
Carpool8.8% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.8% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 6,222 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% 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.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,655± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+6,222± 419 MOE
Workers with travel time4,993± 485 MOE
Estimated home workers1,229± 392 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.