What is the average commute in Boulder city, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 8078502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boulder, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Boulder city, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 34.4% worked from home, 39.1% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home34.4%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone39.1%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Boulder city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.4 min → 18.1 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.3% → 34.4%▲ 10.1 pp

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

Public transit6.7% → 5.1%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone45.8% → 39.1%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Boulder city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 39.1%; 5.1% used public transit and 34.4% worked from home.

Drive alone39.1% ±1.6 pp

Carpool3.2% ±0.6 pp

Public transit5.1% ±0.9 pp

Walk9.5% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle8.0% ±1.0 pp

Work from home34.4% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 56,223 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Boulder city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Boulder city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 56,223 workers age 16+, including 36,884 workers with reported travel time and 19,339 home workers.

Population estimate106,433± 77 MOE

Workers age 16+56,223± 1,201 MOE

Workers with travel time36,884± 1,346 MOE

Estimated home workers19,339± 1,144 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 Boulder 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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