Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35393802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Las Cruces, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Las Cruces city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 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 Las Cruces city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 0.9% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 50,384 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Las Cruces city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Las Cruces city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 50,384 workers age 16+, including 45,010 workers with reported travel time and 5,374 home workers.
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
All New Mexico reports →Comparable New Mexico commute records for Las Cruces city
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.