ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4281952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Golden Valley, Arizona

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone61.0%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 commute27.6 min → 25.7 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 7.3%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.9% → 61.0%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.0% ±6.3 pp
Carpool25.8% ±9.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk4.0% ±4.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home7.3% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 2,668 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.

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,567± 897 MOE
Workers age 16+2,668± 407 MOE
Workers with travel time2,473± 403 MOE
Estimated home workers195± 96 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.