What is the average commute in Moffat County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 80812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Moffat County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Moffat County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 4.3% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 13.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.3%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone79.2%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.3%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 Moffat County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 20.5 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 4.3%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 79.2%▲ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Moffat County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.4% used public transit and 4.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±3.2 pp

Carpool11.4% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.7% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp

Work from home4.3% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 6,276 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Moffat County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

28^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

18^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Moffat County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,276 workers age 16+, including 6,006 workers with reported travel time and 270 home workers.

Population estimate13,207± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,276± 331 MOE

Workers with travel time6,006± 337 MOE

Estimated home workers270± 115 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 Moffat 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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