What is the average commute in Battlement Mesa CDP, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 43.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Battlement Mesa CDP, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 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 8051202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Battlement Mesa, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Battlement Mesa CDP, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 43.9 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 80.7% drove alone, and 25.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Battlement Mesa CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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 Battlement Mesa CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

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

How Battlement Mesa CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99^thMean commute percentile

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

43^thWork-from-home percentile

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

54^thTransit percentile

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

98^th60+ 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 Battlement Mesa CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,646 workers age 16+, including 2,374 workers with reported travel time and 272 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Colorado commute records for Battlement Mesa 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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