ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72853262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vega Baja zona, Puerto Rico

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% 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.

75th60+ 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 the shares

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.