ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8336952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gypsum, Colorado

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 67.2% drove alone, and 0.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.2%±14.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 Gypsum town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 21.9 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 8.5%▼ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 67.2%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gypsum town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone67.2% ±14.2 pp
Carpool24.3% ±11.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.5% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 4,730 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gypsum town 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.

32thMean commute percentile

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

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% 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.

0th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gypsum town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,730 workers age 16+, including 4,328 workers with reported travel time and 402 home workers.

Population estimate8,941± 12 MOE
Workers age 16+4,730± 703 MOE
Workers with travel time4,328± 758 MOE
Estimated home workers402± 298 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 Gypsum town

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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