What is the average commute in Yuma city, Arizona?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 4855402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yuma, Arizona

Name: Commute estimates for Yuma city, Arizona
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.4%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Yuma city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.9 min → 18.4 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 8.4%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 75.3%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Yuma city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±2.3 pp

Carpool12.8% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home8.4% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 42,966 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Yuma city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

7^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Yuma city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 42,966 workers age 16+, including 39,339 workers with reported travel time and 3,627 home workers.

Population estimate100,139± 51 MOE

Workers age 16+42,966± 1,301 MOE

Workers with travel time39,339± 1,404 MOE

Estimated home workers3,627± 466 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 Yuma city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

All Arizona reports →