ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35399402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Vegas, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 commute13.8 min → 16.8 min▲ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 9.3%▼ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.7% → 73.2%▲ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±6.7 pp
Carpool12.6% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.8 pp
Work from home9.3% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,158 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,000± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,158± 515 MOE
Workers with travel time4,680± 494 MOE
Estimated home workers478± 163 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.