ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carolina Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.6%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 commute30.0 min → 30.0 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 11.4%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 79.0%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.0% ±1.8 pp
Carpool6.7% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.4% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 60,300 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate152,204± — MOE
Workers age 16+60,300± 1,323 MOE
Workers with travel time53,454± 1,450 MOE
Estimated home workers6,846± 817 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.