Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 80972024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pitkin County, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 46.2% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.9 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone46.2%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Pitkin County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Pitkin County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 46.2%; 12.4% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,715 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pitkin County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pitkin County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,715 workers age 16+, including 8,100 workers with reported travel time and 1,615 home workers.
Population estimate16,985± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,715± 511 MOE
Workers with travel time8,100± 586 MOE
Estimated home workers1,615± 506 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
All Colorado reports →Comparable Colorado commute records for Pitkin County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.