Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35121502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carlsbad, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 Carlsbad city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Carlsbad city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,339 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carlsbad city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carlsbad city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,339 workers age 16+, including 13,519 workers with reported travel time and 820 home workers.
Population estimate31,746± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+14,339± 966 MOE
Workers with travel time13,519± 989 MOE
Estimated home workers820± 331 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
All New Mexico reports →Comparable New Mexico commute records for Carlsbad city
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.