ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PR · GEOID 72880352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yauco zona, Puerto Rico

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone85.6%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute19.4 min → 20.5 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 6.0%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 85.6%▲ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.6% ±5.9 pp
Carpool5.8% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.0% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,810 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% 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.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,630± 971 MOE
Workers age 16+4,810± 513 MOE
Workers with travel time4,520± 526 MOE
Estimated home workers290± 121 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.