ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4460002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mesa, Arizona

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone65.8%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute25.3 min → 24.7 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 18.7%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.7%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.1% → 65.8%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.8% ±1.0 pp
Carpool11.2% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.7% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 248,788 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

8thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate511,764± 110 MOE
Workers age 16+248,788± 2,645 MOE
Workers with travel time202,193± 2,867 MOE
Estimated home workers46,595± 1,547 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.