ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 721492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Villalba Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home1.7%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone89.4%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 commute31.2 min → 28.0 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.3% → 1.7%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.7% → 89.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone89.4% ±4.6 pp
Carpool5.2% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home1.7% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 6,551 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.

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

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

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,556± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,551± 521 MOE
Workers with travel time6,438± 521 MOE
Estimated home workers113± 112 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.