ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Animas County, Colorado

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone65.4%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 commute19.6 min → 19.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 11.5%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 65.4%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.4% ±3.8 pp
Carpool15.2% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk4.5% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,876 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.

23thMean commute percentile

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

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,413± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,876± 303 MOE
Workers with travel time5,203± 318 MOE
Estimated home workers673± 122 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.