ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · AZ · GEOID 4771792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tucson Mountains, Arizona

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.5%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 26.9 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.1% → 22.7%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 67.5%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.5% ±3.8 pp
Carpool7.4% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.9 pp
Work from home22.7% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,940 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.

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,353± 1,000 MOE
Workers age 16+4,940± 482 MOE
Workers with travel time3,821± 396 MOE
Estimated home workers1,119± 269 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.