ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Loíza Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone83.4%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.0%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 commute33.5 min → 32.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 4.4%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.6%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.3% → 83.4%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.4% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.8 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.4% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 6,912 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,768± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,912± 467 MOE
Workers with travel time6,607± 470 MOE
Estimated home workers305± 119 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.