Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4715102024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Surprise, Arizona
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 11.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.2 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 Surprise city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 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 Surprise city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 68,994 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Surprise city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered 100k–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 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Surprise city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 68,994 workers age 16+, including 55,537 workers with reported travel time and 13,457 home workers.
Population estimate154,948± 123 MOE
Workers age 16+68,994± 1,807 MOE
Workers with travel time55,537± 1,846 MOE
Estimated home workers13,457± 1,195 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 Surprise city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.