ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4164102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cottonwood, Arizona

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.8%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute17.2 min → 19.0 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 8.4%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.5% → 65.8%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.8% ±7.3 pp
Carpool23.6% ±7.1 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.4% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 5,263 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,580± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+5,263± 529 MOE
Workers with travel time4,823± 555 MOE
Estimated home workers440± 242 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.