What is the average commute in Elbert County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 80392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elbert County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Elbert County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.3 min one way; 21.3% worked from home, 67.7% drove alone, and 23.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.3 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home21.3%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone67.7%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.8%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 Elbert County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute40.8 min → 41.3 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.4% → 21.3%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.2% → 67.7%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elbert County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 21.3% worked from home.

Drive alone67.7% ±2.5 pp

Carpool9.3% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home21.3% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 14,159 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elbert County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elbert County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,159 workers age 16+, including 11,141 workers with reported travel time and 3,018 home workers.

Population estimate27,874± — MOE

Workers age 16+14,159± 386 MOE

Workers with travel time11,141± 426 MOE

Estimated home workers3,018± 395 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 Elbert 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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