What is the average commute in Tucson city, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Tucson city, Arizona work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 4770002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tucson, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Tucson city, Arizona
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 13.8% worked from home, 68.0% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±0.5 min MOE

Worked from home13.8%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone68.0%±0.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Tucson 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 +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 21.9 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 13.8%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 68.0%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tucson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.0%; 2.3% used public transit and 13.8% worked from home.

Drive alone68.0% ±0.7 pp

Carpool10.5% ±0.7 pp

Public transit2.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.6% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle1.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home13.8% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 258,616 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tucson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tucson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 258,616 workers age 16+, including 222,836 workers with reported travel time and 35,780 home workers.

Population estimate547,073± 85 MOE

Workers age 16+258,616± 3,030 MOE

Workers with travel time222,836± 2,904 MOE

Estimated home workers35,780± 1,733 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 Tucson city

These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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