ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Baca County, Colorado

Mean one-way trip12.1 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.3%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.9%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 commute12.0 min → 12.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 7.9%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 80.3%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.3% ±4.6 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk4.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home7.9% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 1,517 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,428± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,517± 98 MOE
Workers with travel time1,397± 100 MOE
Estimated home workers120± 55 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.