ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35732602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Silver City, New Mexico

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone62.4%±10.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute16.2 min → 14.7 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 13.2%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.2% → 62.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.4% ±10.0 pp
Carpool15.2% ±6.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk8.7% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.8 pp
Work from home13.2% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,398 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% 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.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,536± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+3,398± 410 MOE
Workers with travel time2,949± 435 MOE
Estimated home workers449± 174 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.