What is the average commute in Watauga city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 48766722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Watauga, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Watauga city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.6 min one way; 16.2% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.6 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home16.2%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.8%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.4%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 Watauga city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 28.6 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 16.2%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 70.8%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Watauga city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 16.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±3.9 pp

Carpool11.0% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home16.2% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 11,778 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Watauga city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Watauga city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,778 workers age 16+, including 9,868 workers with reported travel time and 1,910 home workers.

Population estimate23,233± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+11,778± 660 MOE

Workers with travel time9,868± 665 MOE

Estimated home workers1,910± 422 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 Watauga 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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