ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NM · GEOID 350192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home2.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 commute19.3 min → 19.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 2.9%▼ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 80.0%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±8.2 pp
Carpool12.1% ±6.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk3.1% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home2.9% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 1,748 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate4,381± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,748± 235 MOE
Workers with travel time1,697± 227 MOE
Estimated home workers51± 43 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.