ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4770002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tucson, Arizona

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

11thMean commute percentile

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

29thWork-from-home percentile

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

53thTransit percentile

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

13th60+ 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 the shares

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.