ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72103342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Caguas zona, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute29.8 min → 26.5 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 5.4%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.1%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 79.6%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.6% ±0.7 pp
Carpool8.3% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 26,678 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate72,922± 2,452 MOE
Workers age 16+26,678± 1,650 MOE
Workers with travel time25,242± 1,569 MOE
Estimated home workers1,436± 417 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.