ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8287452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fruita, Colorado

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Fruita city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 20.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 10.3%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 79.9%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fruita city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.9% ±4.6 pp
Carpool5.6% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.2% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±1.8 pp
Work from home10.3% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 6,300 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fruita city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fruita city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,300 workers age 16+, including 5,654 workers with reported travel time and 646 home workers.

Population estimate13,691± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+6,300± 486 MOE
Workers with travel time5,654± 496 MOE
Estimated home workers646± 225 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 Fruita city

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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