ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gunnison County, Colorado

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home18.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone53.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.4 min → 20.2 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 18.5%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit5.9% → 4.1%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.7% → 53.9%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.9% ±4.2 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.6 pp
Public transit4.1% ±3.2 pp
Walk8.0% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle4.4% ±1.5 pp
Work from home18.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 10,024 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,241± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,024± 478 MOE
Workers with travel time8,168± 496 MOE
Estimated home workers1,856± 391 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.