What is the average commute in Benson city, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 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 4057702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Benson, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Benson city, Arizona
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 70.5% drove alone, and 15.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±8.9 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone70.5%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.5%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 Benson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 31.3 min▲ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 8.3%▼ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 70.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Benson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone70.5% ±7.1 pp

Carpool14.1% ±7.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp

Walk3.8% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp

Work from home8.3% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 1,863 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Benson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% 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.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Benson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,863 workers age 16+, including 1,708 workers with reported travel time and 155 home workers.

Population estimate5,417± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+1,863± 326 MOE

Workers with travel time1,708± 311 MOE

Estimated home workers155± 97 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 Benson 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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