What is the average commute in Cottonwood city, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 4164102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cottonwood, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Cottonwood city, Arizona
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 65.8% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Cottonwood city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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 Cottonwood city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.8%; 1.0% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.

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

How Cottonwood city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

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

33^thWork-from-home percentile

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

67^thTransit percentile

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

28^th60+ 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 Cottonwood city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,263 workers age 16+, including 4,823 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Arizona commute records for Cottonwood 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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