ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4280302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Globe, Arizona

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 12.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 Globe city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute17.0 min → 23.2 min▲ 6.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 6.8%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 77.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Globe city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone77.0% ±5.8 pp
Carpool13.4% ±5.4 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.6 pp
Work from home6.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 3,336 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Globe city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Globe city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,336 workers age 16+, including 3,108 workers with reported travel time and 228 home workers.

Population estimate7,195± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+3,336± 312 MOE
Workers with travel time3,108± 286 MOE
Estimated home workers228± 106 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 Globe 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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