Mean travel time to work in El Paso, TX
Mean travel time to work in El Paso, TX was 23.4 minutes in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.3 from 2023. That is the 153rd highest of 240 cities in 2024.
Mean travel time to work in El Paso, TX, 2021 to 2024
All 4 values
| Period | minutes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.4 Estimated |
| 2023 | 23.7 Estimated |
| 2022 | 23.7 Estimated |
| 2021 | 23.5 Estimated |
Compared with Texas and United States
| Place | 2024 |
|---|---|
| El Paso, TX | 23.4 |
| Texas | 26.7 |
| United States | 26.4 |
Rankings
- US states by mean travel time to work
- US cities by mean travel time to work
- Cities in Texas by mean travel time to work
Definition
Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Mean travel time to work, El Paso, TX, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
MLA 9
American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Mean travel time to work, El Paso, TX, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/el-paso-tx. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Mean travel time to work, El Paso, TX, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/el-paso-tx.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Mean travel time to work, El Paso, TX, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/el-paso-tx (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_mean_travel_time_to_2024,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Mean travel time to work, El Paso, TX, 2021 to 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/el-paso-tx. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the mean travel time to work in El Paso, TX?
Mean travel time to work in El Paso, TX was 23.4 minutes in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.3 from 2023. That is the 153rd highest of 240 cities in 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest mean travel time to work in El Paso, TX?
23.7 minutes in 2022, the highest value since 2021 in this series.