ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8279502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Four Square Mile, Colorado

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home21.8%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 25.4 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 21.8%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 2.9%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.8% → 64.7%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.7% ±5.5 pp
Carpool8.4% ±3.5 pp
Public transit2.9% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home21.8% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 13,460 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,024± 1,613 MOE
Workers age 16+13,460± 1,024 MOE
Workers with travel time10,530± 1,020 MOE
Estimated home workers2,930± 520 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.