What is the average commute in Frederick town, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 8283602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Frederick, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Frederick town, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.0 min one way; 20.0% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.0 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home20.0%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone71.0%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.3%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 Frederick town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.7 min → 32.0 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 20.0%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 71.0%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Frederick town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 20.0% worked from home.

Drive alone71.0% ±4.2 pp

Carpool7.0% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home20.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 9,190 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Frederick town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% 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.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Frederick town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,190 workers age 16+, including 7,354 workers with reported travel time and 1,836 home workers.

Population estimate16,651± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+9,190± 341 MOE

Workers with travel time7,354± 431 MOE

Estimated home workers1,836± 264 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 Frederick 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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