ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8316602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand Junction, Colorado

Mean one-way trip15.8 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute16.2 min → 15.8 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 11.9%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 71.5%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.5% ±2.1 pp
Carpool8.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle2.4% ±1.1 pp
Work from home11.9% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 33,352 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate68,142± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+33,352± 962 MOE
Workers with travel time29,386± 978 MOE
Estimated home workers3,966± 535 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.