ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35444902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lovington, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±7.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.1%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.1%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 commute28.8 min → 30.9 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 8.9%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.8%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 67.1%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.1% ±7.5 pp
Carpool21.6% ±6.4 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±1.0 pp
Work from home8.9% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 4,231 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,498± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,231± 432 MOE
Workers with travel time3,854± 408 MOE
Estimated home workers377± 218 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.