ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4079402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Buckeye, Arizona

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

94thMean commute percentile

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

77thWork-from-home percentile

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

21thTransit percentile

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

87th60+ 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 the shares

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.