What is the average commute in Firestone town, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 8266002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Firestone, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Firestone town, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.6 min one way; 18.1% worked from home, 67.5% drove alone, and 11.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home18.1%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone67.5%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.9%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 Firestone town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.2 min → 32.6 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 18.1%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 67.5%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Firestone town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 18.1% worked from home.

Drive alone67.5% ±4.2 pp

Carpool10.9% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home18.1% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 9,967 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Firestone town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Firestone town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,967 workers age 16+, including 8,167 workers with reported travel time and 1,800 home workers.

Population estimate18,049± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+9,967± 527 MOE

Workers with travel time8,167± 536 MOE

Estimated home workers1,800± 371 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 Firestone 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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