ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8025752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Applewood, Colorado

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home28.2%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.0%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 22.6 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 28.2%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.5%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 64.0%▼ 10.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.0% ±7.2 pp
Carpool3.4% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.1 pp
Work from home28.2% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,683 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,350± 790 MOE
Workers age 16+4,683± 550 MOE
Workers with travel time3,364± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers1,319± 241 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.