ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4106702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Casas Adobes, Arizona

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone72.2%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute23.9 min → 25.6 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 16.0%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 72.2%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.2% ±2.6 pp
Carpool8.7% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 34,468 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate72,059± 2,349 MOE
Workers age 16+34,468± 1,676 MOE
Workers with travel time28,936± 1,624 MOE
Estimated home workers5,532± 685 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.