ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4492702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Kingman-Butler, Arizona

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone66.9%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute21.2 min → 20.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 12.3%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 66.9%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.9% ±8.2 pp
Carpool15.1% ±5.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.3% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 5,251 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,993± 1,135 MOE
Workers age 16+5,251± 706 MOE
Workers with travel time4,606± 655 MOE
Estimated home workers645± 387 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.