ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72424982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lares zona, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±10.8 min MOE
Worked from home3.3%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±9.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 30.1 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 3.3%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.1% → 74.8%▼ 11.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±9.3 pp
Carpool15.9% ±7.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.4 pp
Walk4.6% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.4 pp
Work from home3.3% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 1,613 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,286± 748 MOE
Workers age 16+1,613± 331 MOE
Workers with travel time1,560± 332 MOE
Estimated home workers53± 51 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.