ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48760002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waco, Texas

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute17.7 min → 18.7 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.7%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 75.7%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.7% ±1.5 pp
Carpool10.3% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.7% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 66,671 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

31thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate143,570± 93 MOE
Workers age 16+66,671± 1,538 MOE
Workers with travel time60,192± 1,695 MOE
Estimated home workers6,479± 746 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.