ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 721272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute25.5 min → 24.0 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 8.2%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 3.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 73.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±1.3 pp
Carpool7.0% ±0.7 pp
Public transit3.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk4.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.2% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 131,593 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate336,160± — MOE
Workers age 16+131,593± 1,936 MOE
Workers with travel time120,758± 2,022 MOE
Estimated home workers10,835± 866 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.