What is the average commute in Prowers County, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 11.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 80992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prowers County, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Prowers County, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.8 min one way; 6.2% worked from home, 83.2% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.8 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.2%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone83.2%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.4%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 Prowers County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.9 min → 11.8 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 6.2%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 1.7%▲ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.5% → 83.2%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prowers County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.2%; 1.7% used public transit and 6.2% worked from home.

Drive alone83.2% ±4.0 pp

Carpool6.5% ±2.1 pp

Public transit1.7% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home6.2% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,283 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prowers County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prowers County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,283 workers age 16+, including 4,956 workers with reported travel time and 327 home workers.

Population estimate11,910± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,283± 271 MOE

Workers with travel time4,956± 273 MOE

Estimated home workers327± 161 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 Prowers 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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