Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48744922024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
University Park, Texas
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.3 min one way; 22.7% worked from home, 64.1% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 University Park 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 +5.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How University Park city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 22.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,470 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How University Park city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind University Park city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,470 workers age 16+, including 8,092 workers with reported travel time and 2,378 home workers.
Population estimate25,155± 62 MOE
Workers age 16+10,470± 495 MOE
Workers with travel time8,092± 462 MOE
Estimated home workers2,378± 324 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
All Texas reports →Comparable Texas commute records for University Park city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.