What is the average commute in Rio Rico CDP, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rio Rico CDP, Arizona work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4601802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rio Rico, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Rio Rico CDP, Arizona
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 84.0% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone84.0%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.7%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 Rio Rico CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute23.6 min → 28.3 min▲ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 6.7%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 84.0%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rio Rico CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone84.0% ±5.3 pp

Carpool8.7% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 8,855 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rio Rico CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

69^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rio Rico CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,855 workers age 16+, including 8,259 workers with reported travel time and 596 home workers.

Population estimate22,017± 552 MOE

Workers age 16+8,855± 630 MOE

Workers with travel time8,259± 697 MOE

Estimated home workers596± 231 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

Comparable Arizona commute records for Rio Rico CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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