ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72845092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Utuado zona, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home0.8%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone86.9%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.8 min → 24.4 min▼ 7.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 0.8%▼ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.1% → 86.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone86.9% ±7.8 pp
Carpool6.5% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk5.8% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home0.8% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 1,942 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% 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.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,432± 814 MOE
Workers age 16+1,942± 347 MOE
Workers with travel time1,926± 348 MOE
Estimated home workers16± 19 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.