ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Marías Municipio, Puerto Rico

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 0.8% worked from home, 90.9% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home0.8%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone90.9%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Las Marías Municipio's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 25.1 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.6% → 0.8%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone93.0% → 90.9%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Las Marías Municipio residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 90.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 0.8% worked from home.

Drive alone90.9% ±6.1 pp
Carpool6.5% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.7% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home0.8% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 2,530 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Las Marías Municipio compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Las Marías Municipio's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,530 workers age 16+, including 2,509 workers with reported travel time and 21 home workers.

Population estimate8,744± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,530± 271 MOE
Workers with travel time2,509± 269 MOE
Estimated home workers21± 33 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

Comparable Puerto Rico commute records for Las Marías Municipio

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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