What is the average commute in Chaffee County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 80152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chaffee County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Chaffee County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 24.5% worked from home, 59.6% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home24.5%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone59.6%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.5%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 Chaffee County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.0 min → 18.1 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.1% → 24.5%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.3% → 59.6%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chaffee County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 24.5% worked from home.

Drive alone59.6% ±5.8 pp

Carpool7.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.5% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle4.1% ±1.8 pp

Work from home24.5% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 9,183 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chaffee County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

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

28^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chaffee County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,183 workers age 16+, including 6,929 workers with reported travel time and 2,254 home workers.

Population estimate20,178± — MOE

Workers age 16+9,183± 459 MOE

Workers with travel time6,929± 623 MOE

Estimated home workers2,254± 431 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 Chaffee County

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

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