Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CO · GEOID 81252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Yuma County, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.6 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.6 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 Yuma County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Yuma County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,541 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Yuma County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 8th 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 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Yuma County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,541 workers age 16+, including 4,360 workers with reported travel time and 181 home workers.
Population estimate9,979± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,541± 305 MOE
Workers with travel time4,360± 320 MOE
Estimated home workers181± 86 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 Yuma County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.