ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8008702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Air Force Academy, Colorado

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.7 min one way; 1.4% worked from home, 17.4% drove alone, and 0.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.7 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home1.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone17.4%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.3%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 Air Force Academy CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.8 min → 11.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 1.4%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone15.3% → 17.4%▲ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Air Force Academy CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 17.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.4% worked from home.

Drive alone17.4% ±3.7 pp
Carpool2.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk77.9% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home1.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 5,323 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Air Force Academy CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Air Force Academy CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,323 workers age 16+, including 5,251 workers with reported travel time and 72 home workers.

Population estimate6,727± 609 MOE
Workers age 16+5,323± 438 MOE
Workers with travel time5,251± 412 MOE
Estimated home workers72± 55 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 Air Force Academy CDP

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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