What is the average commute in Webster city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 48769482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Webster, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Webster city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 84.0% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone84.0%±4.8 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 Webster city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 27.8 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 6.7%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 84.0%▲ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Webster city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.0%; 0.5% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone84.0% ±4.8 pp

Carpool6.4% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,313 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Webster city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% 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 Webster city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,313 workers age 16+, including 5,893 workers with reported travel time and 420 home workers.

Population estimate12,366± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+6,313± 547 MOE

Workers with travel time5,893± 596 MOE

Estimated home workers420± 238 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 Webster 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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