What is the average commute in Castle Rock town, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Castle Rock town, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 8124152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Castle Rock, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Castle Rock town, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.6 min one way; 28.8% worked from home, 62.9% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.6 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home28.8%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone62.9%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Castle Rock town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.3 min → 28.6 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.0% → 28.8%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 62.9%▼ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Castle Rock town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 28.8% worked from home.

Drive alone62.9% ±2.7 pp

Carpool5.3% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.7% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home28.8% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 43,130 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Castle Rock town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Castle Rock town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 43,130 workers age 16+, including 30,707 workers with reported travel time and 12,423 home workers.

Population estimate79,123± 51 MOE

Workers age 16+43,130± 982 MOE

Workers with travel time30,707± 1,207 MOE

Estimated home workers12,423± 956 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 Castle Rock town

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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