Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72142902024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carolina zona, Puerto Rico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 13.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.9 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.4%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 Carolina zona urbana'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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Carolina zona urbana residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.9% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 55,595 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carolina zona urbana compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carolina zona urbana's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 55,595 workers age 16+, including 49,147 workers with reported travel time and 6,448 home workers.
Population estimate138,633± 1,243 MOE
Workers age 16+55,595± 1,464 MOE
Workers with travel time49,147± 1,522 MOE
Estimated home workers6,448± 789 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
All Puerto Rico reports →Comparable Puerto Rico commute records for Carolina zona urbana
These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.