ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35439302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 22.5% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 0.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home22.5%±9.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.8%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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.1 min → 23.4 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 22.5%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 71.8%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±8.6 pp
Carpool4.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.4 pp
Work from home22.5% ±9.7 pp

Each share uses 2,348 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,348 workers age 16+, including 1,820 workers with reported travel time and 528 home workers.

Population estimate5,857± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,348± 341 MOE
Workers with travel time1,820± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers528± 240 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 New Mexico commute records for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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