Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NM · GEOID 350392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 11.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.1 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 Rio Arriba County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 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 Rio Arriba County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 15,797 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rio Arriba County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rio Arriba County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 15,797 workers age 16+, including 14,183 workers with reported travel time and 1,614 home workers.
Population estimate40,070± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,797± 704 MOE
Workers with travel time14,183± 766 MOE
Estimated home workers1,614± 377 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 Rio Arriba County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.