What is the average commute in Lone Tree city, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 32.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 8459552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lone Tree, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Lone Tree city, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 32.2% worked from home, 58.0% drove alone, and 8.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home32.2%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone58.0%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.0%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 Lone Tree city'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 +13.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 25.7 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.1% → 32.2%▲ 13.0 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 1.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.1% → 58.0%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lone Tree city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.0%; 1.3% used public transit and 32.2% worked from home.

Drive alone58.0% ±4.1 pp

Carpool4.4% ±2.2 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home32.2% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 7,847 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lone Tree city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lone Tree city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,847 workers age 16+, including 5,324 workers with reported travel time and 2,523 home workers.

Population estimate14,147± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+7,847± 438 MOE

Workers with travel time5,324± 436 MOE

Estimated home workers2,523± 378 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 Lone Tree 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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