Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35652102024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ruidoso, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.2 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 75.8% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip14.2 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±9.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 Ruidoso village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 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 Ruidoso village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,444 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ruidoso village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ruidoso village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,444 workers age 16+, including 3,001 workers with reported travel time and 443 home workers.
Population estimate7,699± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+3,444± 316 MOE
Workers with travel time3,001± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers443± 195 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 Ruidoso village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.