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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 0.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 72853262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vega Baja zona, Puerto Rico

Name: Commute estimates for Vega Baja zona urbana, Puerto Rico
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 0.8% worked from home, 89.9% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home0.8%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone89.9%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.0%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 Vega Baja zona urbana's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 30.4 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.9% → 0.8%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone95.1% → 89.9%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Vega Baja zona urbana residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 89.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 0.8% worked from home.

Drive alone89.9% ±4.4 pp

Carpool4.7% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.9% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home0.8% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 7,770 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Vega Baja zona urbana compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

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

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Vega Baja zona urbana's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,770 workers age 16+, including 7,711 workers with reported travel time and 59 home workers.

Population estimate22,756± 1,436 MOE

Workers age 16+7,770± 799 MOE

Workers with travel time7,711± 799 MOE

Estimated home workers59± 53 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 Vega Baja 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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