What is the average commute in Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · PR · GEOID 721092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico

Name: Commute estimates for Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 1.3% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 15.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home1.3%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone78.4%±7.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.7%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 Patillas Municipio's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.5 min → 29.4 min▼ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.6% → 1.3%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 78.4%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Patillas Municipio residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 1.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.4% ±7.2 pp

Carpool7.7% ±3.4 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp

Walk10.8% ±4.6 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±1.3 pp

Work from home1.3% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 4,214 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Patillas Municipio compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

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

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Patillas Municipio's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,214 workers age 16+, including 4,159 workers with reported travel time and 55 home workers.

Population estimate15,563± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,214± 433 MOE

Workers with travel time4,159± 446 MOE

Estimated home workers55± 47 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 Patillas 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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