What is the average commute in Gunnison city, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Gunnison city, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 8336402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gunnison, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Gunnison city, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 57.3% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home7.8%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone57.3%±10.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Gunnison city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 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 commute17.0 min → 18.4 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 7.8%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit10.6% → 7.7%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.4% → 57.3%▲ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gunnison city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.3%; 7.7% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.

Drive alone57.3% ±10.8 pp

Carpool14.2% ±6.7 pp

Public transit7.7% ±8.1 pp

Walk7.8% ±3.0 pp

Bicycle5.2% ±2.2 pp

Work from home7.8% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 3,763 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gunnison city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thTransit percentile

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

17^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gunnison city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,763 workers age 16+, including 3,469 workers with reported travel time and 294 home workers.

Population estimate6,766± 17 MOE

Workers age 16+3,763± 425 MOE

Workers with travel time3,469± 438 MOE

Estimated home workers294± 106 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 Gunnison 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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