ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48783882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitehouse, Texas

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.6 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 10.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.6 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 Whitehouse city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.8 min → 27.6 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 15.2%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.8% → 78.0%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Whitehouse city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±6.4 pp
Carpool5.4% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home15.2% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 4,516 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Whitehouse city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Whitehouse city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,516 workers age 16+, including 3,828 workers with reported travel time and 688 home workers.

Population estimate9,122± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+4,516± 346 MOE
Workers with travel time3,828± 386 MOE
Estimated home workers688± 284 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 Whitehouse 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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