ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.8 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 85.8% drove alone, and 19.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.8 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone85.8%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.1%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 Canóvanas Municipio's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute34.6 min → 34.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 6.9%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 85.8%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Canóvanas Municipio residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone85.8% ±2.2 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 15,473 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Canóvanas Municipio compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

26thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Canóvanas Municipio's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,473 workers age 16+, including 14,400 workers with reported travel time and 1,073 home workers.

Population estimate41,816± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,473± 697 MOE
Workers with travel time14,400± 735 MOE
Estimated home workers1,073± 300 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.