ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72128062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Caño Martin Peña, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.9%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 commute26.5 min → 23.7 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 3.6%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit11.5% → 7.7%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.2% → 64.9%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.9% ±7.3 pp
Carpool6.8% ±2.9 pp
Public transit7.7% ±2.7 pp
Walk7.8% ±3.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.6% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,045 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,618± 1,124 MOE
Workers age 16+4,045± 519 MOE
Workers with travel time3,901± 495 MOE
Estimated home workers144± 99 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.