Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8364102024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 33.0% worked from home, 61.0% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.2 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home33.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone61.0%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Highlands Ranch CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Highlands Ranch CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.0%; 0.7% used public transit and 33.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 54,735 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Highlands Ranch CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Highlands Ranch CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 54,735 workers age 16+, including 36,694 workers with reported travel time and 18,041 home workers.
Population estimate102,257± 2,318 MOE
Workers age 16+54,735± 1,394 MOE
Workers with travel time36,694± 1,239 MOE
Estimated home workers18,041± 1,081 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
All Colorado reports →Comparable Colorado commute records for Highlands Ranch CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.