What is the average commute in Black Forest CDP, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Black Forest CDP, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 8069702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Black Forest, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Black Forest CDP, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 28.6% worked from home, 64.7% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±6.3 min MOE

Worked from home28.6%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone64.7%±11.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.8%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 Black Forest CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.1 min → 30.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.5% → 28.6%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 64.7%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Black Forest CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 28.6% worked from home.

Drive alone64.7% ±11.3 pp

Carpool5.7% ±4.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home28.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 6,811 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Black Forest CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

64^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Black Forest CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,811 workers age 16+, including 4,861 workers with reported travel time and 1,950 home workers.

Population estimate15,738± 1,416 MOE

Workers age 16+6,811± 874 MOE

Workers with travel time4,861± 740 MOE

Estimated home workers1,950± 413 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 Black Forest 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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