ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72065932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bayamón zona, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 commute30.6 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 7.4%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 78.3%▲ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.3% ±1.0 pp
Carpool9.4% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.4% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 63,677 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate166,923± 1,186 MOE
Workers age 16+63,677± 1,469 MOE
Workers with travel time58,942± 1,431 MOE
Estimated home workers4,735± 513 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.