ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crowley County, Colorado

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 15.9% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 18.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.9%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.6%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 Crowley County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 28.9 min▲ 6.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 15.9%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 69.4%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crowley County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.9% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±7.2 pp
Carpool11.3% ±6.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk2.2% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.5 pp
Work from home15.9% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 1,456 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crowley County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% 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.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crowley County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,456 workers age 16+, including 1,225 workers with reported travel time and 231 home workers.

Population estimate5,647± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,456± 163 MOE
Workers with travel time1,225± 151 MOE
Estimated home workers231± 72 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 Crowley 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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