Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NM · GEOID 350472024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
San Miguel County, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.7 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 San Miguel County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 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 San Miguel County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,764 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How San Miguel County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 34th 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 lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind San Miguel County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,764 workers age 16+, including 9,559 workers with reported travel time and 1,205 home workers.
Population estimate26,850± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,764± 621 MOE
Workers with travel time9,559± 620 MOE
Estimated home workers1,205± 269 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 San Miguel County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.