What is the average commute in Candelaria comunidad, Puerto Rico?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Candelaria comunidad, Puerto Rico work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 · PR · GEOID 72124412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Candelaria, Puerto Rico

Name: Commute estimates for Candelaria comunidad, Puerto Rico
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.2 min one way; 14.3% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 15.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.2 min±7.2 min MOE

Worked from home14.3%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone70.8%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.8%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 Candelaria comunidad's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.8 min → 35.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 14.3%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.0%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.2% → 70.8%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Candelaria comunidad residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 1.0% used public transit and 14.3% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±4.2 pp

Carpool10.7% ±2.9 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home14.3% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 5,854 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Candelaria comunidad compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Candelaria comunidad's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,854 workers age 16+, including 5,014 workers with reported travel time and 840 home workers.

Population estimate14,868± 1,323 MOE

Workers age 16+5,854± 724 MOE

Workers with travel time5,014± 651 MOE

Estimated home workers840± 236 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 Puerto Rico commute records for Candelaria comunidad

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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