Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8274252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Fort Collins, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 22.0% worked from home, 62.2% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Fort Collins city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Fort Collins city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.2%; 1.3% used public transit and 22.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 95,821 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Fort Collins city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Fort Collins city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 95,821 workers age 16+, including 74,788 workers with reported travel time and 21,033 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Colorado reports →Comparable Colorado commute records for Fort Collins city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.