ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4668452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sierra Vista Southeast, Arizona

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.3%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 Sierra Vista Southeast CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 27.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 13.3%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 79.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sierra Vista Southeast CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±7.1 pp
Carpool6.7% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.3% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,606 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sierra Vista Southeast CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sierra Vista Southeast CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,606 workers age 16+, including 3,992 workers with reported travel time and 614 home workers.

Population estimate14,330± 1,102 MOE
Workers age 16+4,606± 566 MOE
Workers with travel time3,992± 569 MOE
Estimated home workers614± 182 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 Sierra Vista Southeast 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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