ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72578062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pájaros, Puerto Rico

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 42.4 min one way; 3.0% worked from home, 91.1% drove alone, and 25.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip42.4 min±10.5 min MOE
Worked from home3.0%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone91.1%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.6%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 Pájaros comunidad's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.9 min → 42.4 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 3.0%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.7% → 91.1%▲ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pájaros comunidad residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 91.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.0% worked from home.

Drive alone91.1% ±5.6 pp
Carpool3.4% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.0% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 4,425 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pájaros comunidad compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% 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.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pájaros comunidad's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,425 workers age 16+, including 4,291 workers with reported travel time and 134 home workers.

Population estimate10,132± 1,510 MOE
Workers age 16+4,425± 700 MOE
Workers with travel time4,291± 701 MOE
Estimated home workers134± 141 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 Pájaros 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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