Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NM · GEOID 350072024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Colfax County, New Mexico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.9 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 Colfax County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 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 Colfax County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,494 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Colfax County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 25th 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 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Colfax County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,494 workers age 16+, including 3,955 workers with reported travel time and 539 home workers.
Population estimate12,322± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,494± 329 MOE
Workers with travel time3,955± 354 MOE
Estimated home workers539± 133 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 New Mexico reports →Comparable New Mexico commute records for Colfax County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.