What is the average commute in Aspen city, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Aspen city, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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.

PLACE · CO · GEOID 8036202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aspen, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Aspen city, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.4 min one way; 18.4% worked from home, 37.9% drove alone, and 1.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.4 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home18.4%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone37.9%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.1%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 Aspen city'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 +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.8 min → 14.4 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 18.4%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit13.2% → 9.1%▼ 4.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone42.6% → 37.9%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aspen city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 37.9%; 9.1% used public transit and 18.4% worked from home.

Drive alone37.9% ±6.3 pp

Carpool3.3% ±2.0 pp

Public transit9.1% ±4.1 pp

Walk14.2% ±4.7 pp

Bicycle14.7% ±4.5 pp

Work from home18.4% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 4,251 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aspen city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aspen city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,251 workers age 16+, including 3,467 workers with reported travel time and 784 home workers.

Population estimate6,756± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+4,251± 391 MOE

Workers with travel time3,467± 351 MOE

Estimated home workers784± 229 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 Aspen city

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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