What is the average commute in Waxahachie city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 48768162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waxahachie, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Waxahachie city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.2%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Waxahachie city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 25.9 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 10.7%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.6% → 79.2%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waxahachie city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±3.7 pp

Carpool7.6% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 22,944 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waxahachie city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waxahachie city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 22,944 workers age 16+, including 20,478 workers with reported travel time and 2,466 home workers.

Population estimate45,347± 68 MOE

Workers age 16+22,944± 908 MOE

Workers with travel time20,478± 972 MOE

Estimated home workers2,466± 479 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 Waxahachie 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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