ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4737002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Three Points, Arizona

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.6 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 22.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.6 min±13.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.1%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 Three Points CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.9 min → 37.6 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 5.2%▼ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 80.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Three Points CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.0% ±7.6 pp
Carpool10.6% ±6.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.2 pp
Work from home5.2% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 1,626 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Three Points CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% 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.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Three Points CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,626 workers age 16+, including 1,541 workers with reported travel time and 85 home workers.

Population estimate5,254± 818 MOE
Workers age 16+1,626± 351 MOE
Workers with travel time1,541± 355 MOE
Estimated home workers85± 50 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 Three Points 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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