What is the average commute in Fruitvale CDP, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fruitvale CDP, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 8288002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fruitvale, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Fruitvale CDP, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home14.0%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.2%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Fruitvale CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 22.0 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 14.0%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 2.3%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 73.2%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fruitvale CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 2.3% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±3.8 pp

Carpool7.8% ±2.7 pp

Public transit2.3% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home14.0% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,977 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fruitvale CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fruitvale CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,977 workers age 16+, including 3,422 workers with reported travel time and 555 home workers.

Population estimate8,019± 721 MOE

Workers age 16+3,977± 458 MOE

Workers with travel time3,422± 406 MOE

Estimated home workers555± 197 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 Fruitvale CDP

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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