ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TX · GEOID 48803562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wylie, Texas

Mean one-way trip31.4 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute33.5 min → 31.4 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 22.7%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 63.3%▼ 11.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.3% ±3.1 pp
Carpool10.7% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.7% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 31,266 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate60,334± 742 MOE
Workers age 16+31,266± 1,156 MOE
Workers with travel time24,177± 1,162 MOE
Estimated home workers7,089± 822 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.