ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8051202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Battlement Mesa, Colorado

Mean one-way trip43.9 min±13.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.8%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 commute41.2 min → 43.9 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 10.3%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.7% → 80.7%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.7% ±8.1 pp
Carpool7.3% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home10.3% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 2,646 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.

99thMean commute percentile

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

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,755± 739 MOE
Workers age 16+2,646± 474 MOE
Workers with travel time2,374± 451 MOE
Estimated home workers272± 166 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.