ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8452552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Littleton, Colorado

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute27.1 min → 25.1 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 23.2%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit5.5% → 2.9%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.9% → 65.3%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.3% ±1.9 pp
Carpool5.0% ±1.0 pp
Public transit2.9% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home23.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 24,567 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,710± 388 MOE
Workers age 16+24,567± 849 MOE
Workers with travel time18,862± 757 MOE
Estimated home workers5,705± 543 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.