What is the average commute in Taos town, New Mexico?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Taos town, New Mexico work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NM · GEOID 35762002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Taos, New Mexico

Name: Commute estimates for Taos town, New Mexico
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 67.7% drove alone, and 10.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±8.4 min MOE

Worked from home15.3%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone67.7%±8.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.2%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 Taos town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.5 min → 25.8 min▲ 5.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 15.3%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 67.7%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Taos town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.7%; 1.3% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone67.7% ±8.8 pp

Carpool7.9% ±4.8 pp

Public transit1.3% ±2.3 pp

Walk5.9% ±4.1 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±0.9 pp

Work from home15.3% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 2,933 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Taos town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56^thMean commute percentile

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

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Taos town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,933 workers age 16+, including 2,484 workers with reported travel time and 449 home workers.

Population estimate6,458± 51 MOE

Workers age 16+2,933± 328 MOE

Workers with travel time2,484± 328 MOE

Estimated home workers449± 134 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 Taos town

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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