Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4550002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Phoenix, Arizona
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 64.2% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.6 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.2%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 Phoenix city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Phoenix city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.2%; 1.9% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 829,070 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Phoenix city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Phoenix city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 829,070 workers age 16+, including 671,315 workers with reported travel time and 157,755 home workers.
Population estimate1,642,323± 179 MOE
Workers age 16+829,070± 5,768 MOE
Workers with travel time671,315± 6,508 MOE
Estimated home workers157,755± 3,572 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
All Arizona reports →Comparable Arizona commute records for Phoenix city
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.