ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aguas Buenas Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone87.7%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.5%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 commute28.3 min → 33.0 min▲ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 3.2%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.7% → 87.7%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone87.7% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.2% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.2% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,520 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.

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,614± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,520± 648 MOE
Workers with travel time8,248± 636 MOE
Estimated home workers272± 164 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.