What is the average commute in Montrose County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Montrose 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 2.1 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 80852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montrose County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Montrose County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Montrose County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 21.1 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 11.5%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 77.2%▲ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Montrose County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±2.2 pp

Carpool7.5% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home11.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 19,218 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Montrose County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered 25k–100k 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 25k–100k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Montrose County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,218 workers age 16+, including 17,000 workers with reported travel time and 2,218 home workers.

Population estimate43,807± — MOE

Workers age 16+19,218± 869 MOE

Workers with travel time17,000± 838 MOE

Estimated home workers2,218± 417 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 Montrose 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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