What is the average commute in Buckeye city, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 4079402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Buckeye, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Buckeye city, Arizona
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.3 min one way; 19.6% worked from home, 67.7% drove alone, and 13.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.3 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home19.6%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone67.7%±1.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.1%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 Buckeye city'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 +8.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.2 min → 33.3 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 19.6%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 67.7%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Buckeye city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.7%; 0.5% used public transit and 19.6% worked from home.

Drive alone67.7% ±1.9 pp

Carpool10.0% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home19.6% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 43,244 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Buckeye city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 94th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

94^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

21^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

87^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Buckeye city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 43,244 workers age 16+, including 34,747 workers with reported travel time and 8,497 home workers.

Population estimate104,923± 67 MOE

Workers age 16+43,244± 1,559 MOE

Workers with travel time34,747± 1,514 MOE

Estimated home workers8,497± 908 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 Buckeye 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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