What is the average commute in Universal City city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 48744082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Universal City, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Universal City city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home9.9%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.8%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.8%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 Universal City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.5 min → 26.3 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 9.9%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 79.8%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Universal City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.8% ±5.8 pp

Carpool8.0% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home9.9% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 10,358 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Universal City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Universal City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,358 workers age 16+, including 9,328 workers with reported travel time and 1,030 home workers.

Population estimate20,189± 153 MOE

Workers age 16+10,358± 821 MOE

Workers with travel time9,328± 933 MOE

Estimated home workers1,030± 347 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 Universal City 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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