Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Boulder County, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 31.2% worked from home, 52.8% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home31.2%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone52.8%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Boulder County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Boulder County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.8%; 2.6% used public transit and 31.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 174,583 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Boulder County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Boulder County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 174,583 workers age 16+, including 120,174 workers with reported travel time and 54,409 home workers.
Population estimate328,961± — MOE
Workers age 16+174,583± 1,936 MOE
Workers with travel time120,174± 2,389 MOE
Estimated home workers54,409± 1,926 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
All Colorado reports →Comparable Colorado commute records for Boulder County
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.