ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48766722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Watauga, Texas

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

71thMean commute percentile

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

69thWork-from-home percentile

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

54thTransit percentile

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

61th60+ 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 the shares

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.