What is the average commute in Las Animas County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 80712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Animas County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Las Animas County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 65.4% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Las Animas County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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 Las Animas County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

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

How Las Animas County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23^thMean commute percentile

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

84^thWork-from-home percentile

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

58^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ 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 Las Animas County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,876 workers age 16+, including 5,203 workers with reported travel time and 673 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Colorado commute records for Las Animas 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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