ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8255502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairmount, Colorado

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home28.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.5%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute27.6 min → 23.3 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 28.6%▲ 12.2 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 62.5%▼ 9.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.5% ±8.1 pp
Carpool4.8% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.6 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home28.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 5,063 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% 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.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,902± 963 MOE
Workers age 16+5,063± 698 MOE
Workers with travel time3,617± 646 MOE
Estimated home workers1,446± 231 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.