ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8308352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Golden, Colorado

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home30.8%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone50.9%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute24.4 min → 24.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.2% → 30.8%▲ 8.6 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.7% → 50.9%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone50.9% ±3.3 pp
Carpool7.1% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.8 pp
Walk7.3% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±0.8 pp
Work from home30.8% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 10,287 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.

47thMean commute percentile

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

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,417± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+10,287± 491 MOE
Workers with travel time7,114± 477 MOE
Estimated home workers3,173± 370 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.