What is the average commute in Adams County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Adams County, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.2%, 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.

COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Adams County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Adams County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home15.2%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone70.2%±0.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.8%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 Adams County'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 +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.3 min → 29.8 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 15.2%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 1.8%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 70.2%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Adams County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 1.8% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.2% ±0.9 pp

Carpool10.2% ±0.7 pp

Public transit1.8% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home15.2% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 279,791 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Adams County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Adams County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 279,791 workers age 16+, including 237,274 workers with reported travel time and 42,517 home workers.

Population estimate530,225± — MOE

Workers age 16+279,791± 2,480 MOE

Workers with travel time237,274± 2,717 MOE

Estimated home workers42,517± 1,890 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 Colorado commute records for Adams County

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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