ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone85.4%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute21.8 min → 21.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 4.5%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 85.4%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.4% ±2.7 pp
Carpool5.1% ±1.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.7% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.5% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 19,982 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate70,828± — MOE
Workers age 16+19,982± 795 MOE
Workers with travel time19,092± 824 MOE
Estimated home workers890± 261 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.