ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4222202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

El Mirage, Arizona

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home14.8%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.8%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 commute30.1 min → 30.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 14.8%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 70.0%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.0% ±2.9 pp
Carpool11.8% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.8% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 17,234 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,088± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+17,234± 763 MOE
Workers with travel time14,688± 726 MOE
Estimated home workers2,546± 412 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.