ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35433702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Los Lunas, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute26.7 min → 25.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 9.2%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 76.1%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.1% ±6.0 pp
Carpool12.4% ±4.5 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.2% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,320 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,618± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+6,320± 547 MOE
Workers with travel time5,737± 573 MOE
Estimated home workers583± 190 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.