Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NM · GEOID 350012024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 14.9% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.9 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.9%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Bernalillo County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Bernalillo County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 14.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 321,963 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bernalillo County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bernalillo County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 321,963 workers age 16+, including 273,884 workers with reported travel time and 48,079 home workers.
Population estimate673,930± — MOE
Workers age 16+321,963± 3,133 MOE
Workers with travel time273,884± 3,367 MOE
Estimated home workers48,079± 2,129 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
All New Mexico reports →Comparable New Mexico commute records for Bernalillo County
No other New Mexico county in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.