What is the average commute in Lares zona urbana, Puerto Rico?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lares zona urbana, Puerto Rico work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 72424982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lares zona, Puerto Rico

Name: Commute estimates for Lares zona urbana, Puerto Rico
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 3.3% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 19.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Lares zona urbana's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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 Lares zona urbana residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.3% worked from home.

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

How Lares zona urbana compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77^thMean commute percentile

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

6^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

94^th60+ 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 Lares zona urbana's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,613 workers age 16+, including 1,560 workers with reported travel time and 53 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Puerto Rico commute records for Lares zona urbana

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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