ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35393802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute19.1 min → 18.9 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.7%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 73.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±2.3 pp
Carpool11.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.7% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 50,384 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.

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate114,197± 57 MOE
Workers age 16+50,384± 1,471 MOE
Workers with travel time45,010± 1,588 MOE
Estimated home workers5,374± 778 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 nearby records

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