ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48734932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Town of Pecos, Texas

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home3.7%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone81.5%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 commutenan min → 17.7 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 3.7%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.0%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 81.5%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.5% ±5.4 pp
Carpool11.2% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,391 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.

11thMean commute percentile

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

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% 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.

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,926± 416 MOE
Workers age 16+4,391± 460 MOE
Workers with travel time4,229± 442 MOE
Estimated home workers162± 119 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.