How long is the commute in Tucson?

Average travel time to work in Tucson, AZ, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Tucson gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.4 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 69.5
• Carpooled: 9.9
• Transit: 2.4
• Walked: 2.7
• From home: 12.4

Average commute (minutes)

• Tucson: 19.4
• Pima County: 21
• AZ: 21.3
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 12.4% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.6 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.3% of workers in 2015 to 12.4% in the latest estimates.