What is the average commute in Converse County, Wyoming?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Converse County, Wyoming work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 · WY · GEOID 560092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Converse County, Wyoming

Name: Commute estimates for Converse County, Wyoming
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.1%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 Converse County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 21.5 min▼ 4.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 6.5%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 2.4%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.4% → 75.3%▲ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Converse County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 2.4% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±3.0 pp

Carpool10.5% ±2.5 pp

Public transit2.4% ±1.6 pp

Walk4.1% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 6,829 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Converse County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Converse County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,829 workers age 16+, including 6,386 workers with reported travel time and 443 home workers.

Population estimate13,762± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,829± 312 MOE

Workers with travel time6,386± 327 MOE

Estimated home workers443± 168 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 Wyoming commute records for Converse 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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