ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NM · GEOID 35847402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Rock, New Mexico

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 White Rock CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 20.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 12.9%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 74.6%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How White Rock CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 1.0% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±7.7 pp
Carpool11.4% ±5.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.9% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 2,851 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How White Rock CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind White Rock CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,851 workers age 16+, including 2,482 workers with reported travel time and 369 home workers.

Population estimate5,716± 594 MOE
Workers age 16+2,851± 421 MOE
Workers with travel time2,482± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers369± 127 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 White Rock CDP

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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