ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4496402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nogales, Arizona

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute19.8 min → 17.5 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 7.4%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.8%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 70.6%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±4.7 pp
Carpool14.7% ±6.2 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.1 pp
Work from home7.4% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,391 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,841± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+7,391± 499 MOE
Workers with travel time6,842± 520 MOE
Estimated home workers549± 201 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.