ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8274252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Collins, Colorado

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute20.6 min → 19.5 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 22.0%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.3%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.7% → 62.2%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.2% ±1.6 pp
Carpool5.5% ±0.6 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle4.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home22.0% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 95,821 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.

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate170,229± 96 MOE
Workers age 16+95,821± 1,580 MOE
Workers with travel time74,788± 1,741 MOE
Estimated home workers21,033± 1,329 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.