ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aguada Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 commute21.3 min → 21.0 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 10.1%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 75.1%▲ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±2.9 pp
Carpool12.2% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.1% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 12,077 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

6thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate37,758± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,077± 769 MOE
Workers with travel time10,856± 740 MOE
Estimated home workers1,221± 348 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.