ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NM · GEOID 350012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bernalillo County, New Mexico

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 22.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 14.9%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.7% → 71.0%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.0% ±0.7 pp
Carpool9.5% ±0.6 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.9% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 321,963 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

22thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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

Comparable nearby records

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