Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80272024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Custer County, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.9 min one way; 23.5% worked from home, 58.3% drove alone, and 21.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip36.9 min±11.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.5%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone58.3%±9.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.9%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 Custer County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +7.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 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 Custer County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,012 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Custer County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Custer County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,012 workers age 16+, including 1,540 workers with reported travel time and 472 home workers.
Population estimate5,247± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,012± 205 MOE
Workers with travel time1,540± 238 MOE
Estimated home workers472± 130 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 Custer County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.