ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35251702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Española, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip30.8 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone86.0%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 30.8 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.5% → 5.8%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.7% → 86.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone86.0% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 4,367 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,473± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+4,367± 292 MOE
Workers with travel time4,112± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers255± 71 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.