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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 85.6% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Yauco zona urbana's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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 Yauco zona urbana residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.

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

How Yauco zona urbana compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 Yauco zona urbana's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,810 workers age 16+, including 4,520 workers with reported travel time and 290 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Puerto Rico commute records for Yauco 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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