ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72711362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Río Grande zona, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip34.7 min±8.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute39.6 min → 34.7 min▼ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 8.2%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.7%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.9% → 77.4%▼ 10.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.4% ±4.7 pp
Carpool7.7% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.2 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.2% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 4,499 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

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

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,375± 1,109 MOE
Workers age 16+4,499± 678 MOE
Workers with travel time4,129± 643 MOE
Estimated home workers370± 215 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.