ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8069702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Black Forest, Colorado

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% 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.

18thTransit percentile

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

64th60+ 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 the shares

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.