What is the average commute in Avondale city, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Avondale city, Arizona work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 · AZ · GEOID 4047202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Avondale, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Avondale city, Arizona
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 72.3% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home14.8%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone72.3%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.0%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 Avondale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 28.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 14.8%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 72.3%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Avondale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.

Drive alone72.3% ±2.1 pp

Carpool9.7% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home14.8% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 46,173 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Avondale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Avondale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 46,173 workers age 16+, including 39,354 workers with reported travel time and 6,819 home workers.

Population estimate92,477± 76 MOE

Workers age 16+46,173± 1,317 MOE

Workers with travel time39,354± 1,370 MOE

Estimated home workers6,819± 817 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 Arizona commute records for Avondale city

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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